As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
                               September 30, 2008

                                                      1933 Act File No. 33-34079
                                                     1940 Act File No. 811-06071

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-1A

           REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933           /X/

                              AMENDMENT NO. 73                               /X/

                                       and

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                     THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940                      /X/

                              AMENDMENT NO. 88                               /X/

                             DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                       345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (617) 295-1000
                         (Registrant's Telephone Number)

                                  John Millette
                                One Beacon Street
                                Boston, MA 02108
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                             Burton M. Leibert, Esq.
                          Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
                               787 Seventh Avenue
                             New York, NY 10019-6099

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

/_/   Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/X/   On October 1, 2008 pursuant to paragraph (b)
/_/   60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/_/   On _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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/_/   On _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:
/_/   This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
      previously filed post-effective amendment.



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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE
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This post-effective amendment contains the prospectuses and statements of
additional information relating to the classes of the following series of the
registrant:

o        DWS Commodity Securities Fund



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                                OCTOBER 1, 2008








                                   PROSPECTUS
                              ------------------
                               CLASSES A, B AND C

                         DWS COMMODITY SECURITIES FUND

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not
approve or disapprove these shares or determine whether the information in this
prospectus is truthful or complete. It is a criminal offense for anyone to
inform you otherwise.




                                                                       [Logo]DWS
                                                                      INVESTMENT
                                                             Deutsche Bank Group


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CONTENTS





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HOW THE FUND WORKS
  4      The Fund's Main Investment
         Strategy
  8      The Main Risks of Investing in
         the Fund
 15      The Fund's Performance
         History
 17      How Much Investors Pay
 19      Other Policies and Risks
 21      Who Manages and Oversees
         the Fund
 24      Financial Highlights


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<TABLE>
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HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND
 28      Choosing a Share Class
 34      How to Buy Class A, B and C
         Shares
 35      How to Exchange or Sell
         Class A, B and C Shares
 38      Policies You Should Know
         About
 50      Understanding Distributions
         and Taxes
 54      Appendix
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HOW THE FUND WORKS

On the next few pages, you'll find information about the fund's investment
objective, the main strategies it uses to pursue that objective and the main
risks that could affect performance.


Whether you are considering investing in the fund or are already a shareholder,
you'll want to LOOK THIS INFORMATION OVER CAREFULLY. You may want to keep it on
hand for reference as well.

CLASSES A, B AND C shares are generally intended for investors seeking the
advice and assistance of a financial advisor.

Remember that mutual funds are investments, not bank deposits. They're not
insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Their share
prices will go up and down, and you could lose money by investing in them.


You can find DWS prospectuses on the Internet at WWW.DWS-INVESTMENTS.COM (the
Web site does not form a part of this prospectus).

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<S>                                 <C>        <C>        <C>
                                     Class A    Class B    Class C
  ticker symbol                      SKNRX      SKBRX      SKCRX
    fund number                      485        685        785

    DWS COMMODITY SECURITIES FUND


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            THE FUND'S MAIN INVESTMENT STRATEGY

            The fund's investment objective is capital appreciation.

            The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by focusing on
            commodity-related securities and equity-related securities,
            including commodity-related structured notes and similar
            instruments, that the Advisor believes are undervalued but have
            favorable prospects for appreciation. The fund will measure its
            performance against a benchmark comprised of 25% of the Morgan
            Stanley Capital International ("MSCI") World Energy Index, 25% of
            the MSCI World Materials Index and 50% of the S&P GSCI Commodity
            Index ("S&P GSCI"). The fund is designed for investors who seek to
            diversify their overall portfolios by adding exposure to the
            commodities markets. Of course, there can be no guarantee that the
            fund's investments would not be correlated with traditional
            financial assets under any particular market conditions.

            The fund follows a focused investment approach tending to invest in
            securities of between 40 to 80 issuers, although this number can
            vary depending on market conditions.

            Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80%
            of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in
            equity and other securities of companies in commodity-related
            industries or other investments where the value of the investment
            is linked to changes in commodity prices or a commodity-related
            index, such as commodity-linked structured notes and futures
            contracts. Securities of companies in commodity-related industries
            include common stocks, preferred securities, warrants, convertible
            securities and other equity and commodity-linked securities issued
            by such companies or other investments where the value of the
            investment is linked to changes in commodity prices or a
            commodity-related index, such as commodity-linked structured notes
            and futures contracts. Cash collateral for the fund's


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            holdings of commodity-linked structured notes will be included in
            this 80% test. If the fund invests in structured notes that embody
            a form of leverage, the cash collateral portion of the fund's
            assets could be substantial.


            Commodities are assets that have tangible properties, such as oil,
            metal and agricultural products. Commodity-related industries
            include, but are not limited to (i) those directly engaged in the
            production of commodities, such as minerals, metals, agricultural
            commodities, chemicals, pulp and paper, building materials, oil and
            gas, other energy or other natural resources, and (ii) companies
            that use commodities extensively in their products or provide
            services to commodity-related industries. The Advisor considers a
            company to be in a commodity-related industry if, as determined by
            the Advisor, at least 50% of the company's assets, revenues or net
            income are derived from or related to a commodity-related industry.


            The fund intends to invest in commodity-linked derivative
            instruments, in particular structured notes and futures contracts.
            The fund typically will seek to gain exposure to the commodities
            markets by investing in commodity-linked notes. The fund may also
            seek to replicate the performance of a commodity index or
            structured note by investing in futures contracts. Commodity-linked
            structured notes and other commodity-linked derivative investments
            (other than futures contracts) are hybrid instruments excluded from
            regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act. From time to time, the
            fund may invest in instruments that are regulated under that Act. A
            hybrid instrument is a derivative investment. Its value is derived
            from, or linked to, the value of another investment or asset.
            Hybrid instruments have higher risk of volatility and loss of
            principal.


            S&P GSCI COMMODITY INDEX. The fund intends to invest in derivative
            instruments linked to the performance of the S&P GSCI or a portion
            of the S&P GSCI and, under normal market conditions, between 25%
            and 75% of the fund's assets will be exposed to the performance of
            that index. The S&P GSCI is a composite index of commodity sector
            returns, representing an unleveraged, long-only investment in
            commodity futures that is broadly diversified across a spectrum of
            commodities. The returns are calculated on a fully-collateralized
            basis with full reinvestment.


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            Currently, the S&P GSCI contains 24 commodities from all commodity
            sectors: energy, metals, livestock and agricultural products. This
            broad range of constituent commodities can provide the S&P GSCI
            with a level of diversification both across subsectors and within
            each subsector. This diversity may mitigate the effects of
            individual events, which may have large implications for the
            individual commodity markets, but whose effects may be muted when
            aggregated to the level of the S&P GSCI. Nevertheless, over the
            past 10 years, energy products have represented between
            approximately 50% and 75% of the S&P GSCI.


            The S&P GSCI is "world-production weighted" (i.e., the quantity of
            each commodity in the index is determined by the average quantity
            of production in the last five years of available data). The
            world-production weighting of S&P GSCI is generally updated every
            year. A more detailed description of the S&P GSCI is found in the
            Statement of Additional Information.

            OTHER PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS. The fund will invest globally and may
            invest without limit in securities of non-US issuers. The fund may
            invest in securities of foreign issuers in foreign markets and in
            the form of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European
            Depositary Receipts ("EDRs") and other depositary receipts.

            The fund, under normal market conditions, will invest in securities
            of companies domiciled primarily in developed countries, but the
            fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets in securities of
            companies domiciled in emerging markets countries.


            The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in preferred securities
            of companies in commodity-related industries. The fund will not
            invest more than 20% of its net assets in preferred stock rated
            below investment grade (below investment grade debt securities are
            commonly known as "junk bonds") or unrated securities of comparable
            quality. Securities of non-investment grade quality are regarded as
            having predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to
            the capacity of the issuer of the securities to pay interest and
            repay principal. Due in part to the risk involved in investing in
            securities of below investment grade quality, an investment in the
            fund should be considered speculative.


            The fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
            securities.


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            SECURITIES LENDING. The fund may lend its investment securities in
            an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to approved
            institutional borrowers who need to borrow securities in order to
            complete certain transactions.


            INVESTMENT PROCESS. The Advisor may determine, based on various
            factors, including changes in supply and demand for a certain
            commodity or commodities, broad economic projections or
            expectations of better relative value than investing in direct
            equity securities, to invest between 25% and 75% of the fund's
            assets in securities linked to physical commodities or an index of
            physical commodities, i.e., commodity-linked structured notes, as
            well as options and futures contracts related to physical
            commodities or commodities indexes. These options and futures
            contracts may be intended as a hedge against a decline in the value
            of portfolio investments or to achieve returns consistent with
            those anticipated to be earned from investments in other
            commodity-related investments.


            Fundamental, valuation-driven equity research is the Advisor's
            primary source of value-added, and stock selection is the Advisor's
            primary performance driver. The Advisor begins with an actionable
            top-down view on the underlying commodities, and based on its
            company-specific knowledge, chooses the securities expected to
            perform best in that environment. The Advisor's top-down analysis
            also assists with switching among early- and late-cycle companies
            and country allocation. Allocation among the energy and materials
            sectors and any industry group within the sectors is an added
            performance driver.


            To enable the fund to achieve its investment objective through
            commodity, economic and investment cycles, the fund's equity
            returns are augmented by reinforcing the Advisor's commodity views
            via exposure to commodity-linked structured notes. The Advisor may
            also anticipate future investments in equities or may seek to
            replicate the performance of a commodity index or structured note
            by investing in options and futures contracts.


            The Advisor may focus on the securities of particular issuers or
            industries within the commodity-related industries in which the
            fund invests, or in particular countries or regions, at different
            times. The Advisor will normally sell a stock when it


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            believes that its price is unlikely to go higher, its fundamentals
            have deteriorated, other investments offer better opportunities or
            in the course of adjusting its emphasis on a given
            commodity-related industry.


            THE MAIN RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

            There are several risk factors that could hurt the fund's
            performance, cause you to lose money or cause the fund's
            performance to trail that of other investments.


            COMMODITY RISK. The fund may invest in equity securities issued by
            companies in commodity-related industries and other securities
            related to such companies. Investment in such securities is subject
            to the risks associated with concentration in securities of issuers
            in commodity-related industries. The stocks of companies in
            commodity-related industries may underperform the stock market as a
            whole. The stock prices of companies in commodity-related
            industries may also experience greater price volatility than other
            types of common stocks. Securities issued by companies in
            commodity-related industries are sensitive to changes in the prices
            of, and in supply and demand for, commodities. The value of
            securities issued by companies in commodity-related industries may
            be affected by changes in overall market movements, changes in
            interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or
            commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease,
            changes in storage costs, embargoes, tariffs, policies of commodity
            cartels and international economic, political and regulatory
            developments. The Advisor's judgments about trends in the prices of
            these securities and commodities may prove to be incorrect.


            COMMODITY-LINKED AND OTHER DERIVATIVES RISK. Derivatives are
            financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the
            value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index (or
            relationship between two indexes). The fund will ordinarily invest
            in commodity-linked derivative instruments, including
            commodity-linked structured notes and futures contracts. The fund
            may also utilize a variety of other derivative instruments with
            respect to securities, interest rates or other assets for
            investment or risk management purposes including, but not limited
            to, swap agreements, options, futures contracts and options on
            futures contracts.


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            The fund's use of derivative instruments, including
            commodity-linked derivative instruments, involves risks different
            from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with
            investing directly in securities and other traditional investments.
            Derivatives, including commodity-linked derivative instruments, are
            subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this
            prospectus, such as liquidity risk, security selection risk,
            interest rate transactions risk, credit risk, counterparty risk,
            and management risk. They also involve the risk of mispricing or
            improper valuation, the risk of ambiguous documentation, the risk
            that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate
            perfectly with an underlying asset, interest rate or index, and the
            risk of exposure to the effects of leverage, which could increase
            the fund's exposure to the market and potential losses that it
            could have if it had not entered into these transactions. If the
            fund invests in a derivative instrument, it could lose more than
            the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative
            transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there
            can be no assurance that the fund will engage in these transactions
            to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial.
            Further, there is a risk that the fund will not be able to find a
            suitable counterparty with whom to enter into these transactions.
            The use of derivatives also may increase the amount of taxes
            payable by shareholders.

            The fund's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments
            may subject the fund to special risks that do not apply to all
            derivatives transactions. The value of a commodity-linked
            derivative investment generally is based upon the price movements
            of a physical commodity (such as energy, minerals, or agricultural
            products), a commodity futures contract or commodity index, or
            other economic variable based upon changes in the value of
            commodities or the commodities markets. The value of
            commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes
            in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in
            interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or
            commodity, as described above. Because the performance of
            commodity-linked derivative instruments is linked to the
            performance of underlying commodity prices, these investments are
            subject to market risks that relate to the movement of prices in
            the commodities markets, which may


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            be speculative. Also, a liquid secondary market may not exist for
            the types of commodity-linked derivative instruments the fund buys,
            which may make it difficult for the fund to sell them at an
            acceptable price.

            In addition to the commodity-related risks described above, the
            fund's investments in commodity-linked notes are also subject to
            risks, such as credit, stock market and interest rate transactions
            risks, that in general affect the values of debt securities.
            Therefore, at the maturity of a commodity-linked note, the fund may
            receive more or less principal than it originally invested. The
            fund might receive interest payments on the note that are more or
            less than the stated coupon interest payments.

            CONCENTRATION RISK. The fund concentrates its investments in
            securities related to commodity-related industries. As a result,
            market price movements, regulatory changes, or economic conditions
            affecting companies in these industries will have a significant
            impact on the fund's performance.

            CORRELATION RISK. There is a risk that changes in the value of a
            hedging instrument will not match those of the investment being
            hedged.


            COUNTERPARTY RISK. This is a principal risk for a fund that invests
            in commodity-linked derivative instruments. The fund will be
            subject to credit risk with respect to derivative contracts entered
            into by the fund or held by special purpose or structured vehicles
            in which the fund invests. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or
            otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial
            difficulties, the fund may experience significant delays in
            obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization
            proceeding. The fund may obtain only a limited recovery or may
            obtain no recovery in such circumstances. To partially mitigate
            this risk, the Advisor typically requires that counterparties to
            the fund to certain commodity-linked derivative instruments post
            collateral equivalent to their obligations under the derivative.
            Moreover, the fund typically enters into commodity-linked
            derivative transactions with counterparties whose credit rating is
            investment grade, as determined by a nationally recognized
            statistical rating organization or, if unrated, judged by the
            Advisor to be of comparable quality.



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            CREDIT RISK. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a
            debt security or the other party to an over-the-counter transaction
            will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or
            principal, or otherwise to honor its obligations. The degree of
            this risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit
            rating. This risk is greater with junk and foreign bonds because of
            the difficulties of requiring foreign entities, including issuers
            of sovereign debt, to honor their contractual commitments, and
            because a number of foreign governments and other issuers are
            already in default.

            FOCUS RISK. A strategy of investing in a limited number of
            securities may increase the volatility of the fund's investment
            performance compared to a strategy of investing in a larger number
            of securities.

            FOREIGN INVESTMENT RISK. Foreign investments involve certain
            special risks, including:


            -  POLITICAL RISK. Some foreign governments have limited the
               outflow of profits to investors abroad, imposed restrictions on
               the exchange or export of foreign currency, extended diplomatic
               disputes to include trade and financial relations, seized
               foreign investments and imposed higher taxes.

            -  INFORMATION RISK. Companies based in foreign markets are usually
               not subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting
               standards and practices as stringent as those in the US.
               Therefore, their financial reports may present an incomplete,
               untimely or misleading picture of a company, as compared to the
               financial reports required in the US.

            -  LIQUIDITY RISK. Investments that trade less can be more
               difficult or more costly to buy, or to sell, than more liquid or
               active investments. This liquidity risk is a factor of the
               trading volume of a particular investment, as well as the size
               and liquidity of the entire local market. On the whole, foreign
               exchanges are smaller and less liquid than US exchanges. This
               can make buying and selling certain investments more difficult
               and costly. Relatively small transactions in some instances can
               have a disproportionately large effect on the price and supply
               of securities. In certain situations, it may become virtually
               impossible to sell an investment in an orderly fashion at a
               price that approaches portfolio management's estimate of its
               value. For the same reason, it may at times be difficult to
               value the fund's foreign investments.


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            -  REGULATORY RISK. There is generally less government regulation of
               foreign markets, companies and securities dealers than in the US.


            -  CURRENCY RISK. The fund invests in securities denominated in
               foreign currencies. Changes in exchange rates between foreign
               currencies and the US dollar may affect the US dollar value of
               foreign securities or the income or gain received on these
               securities.

            -  LIMITED LEGAL RECOURSE RISK. Legal remedies for investors may be
               more limited than the legal remedies available in the US.


            -  TRADING PRACTICE RISK. Brokerage commissions and other fees are
               generally higher for foreign investments than for US
               investments. The procedures and rules governing foreign
               transactions and custody may also involve delays in payment,
               delivery or recovery of money or investments.

            -  TAXES. Foreign withholding and certain other taxes may reduce
               the amount of income available to distribute to shareholders of
               the fund. In addition, special US tax considerations may apply
               to the fund's foreign investments.

            INTEREST RATE TRANSACTIONS RISK. A decline in interest rates may
            result in a decline in the value of a swap or cap, which may result
            in a decline in the net asset value of the fund. A sudden and
            dramatic decline in interest rates may result in a significant
            decline in the net asset value of the fund.

            LIQUIDITY RISK. The commodity-linked notes in which the fund will
            invest may be illiquid and, thus, they may be difficult or
            impossible to sell at the time and the price that the fund would
            like. The fund may have to lower the price, sell other securities
            instead or forgo an investment opportunity. Any of these could have
            a negative effect on fund management or performance.

            MANAGEMENT RISK. The fund is subject to management risk because it
            is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Advisor will apply
            investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment
            decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that these
            will produce the desired results. The fund will be subject to a
            relatively high level of management risk because the fund invests
            in derivative products, and


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            commodity-linked derivative products in particular, which may be
            highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques
            and risk analyses different from those associated with stocks and
            bonds.


            NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK. The fund is classified as non-diversified
            under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. This means
            that the fund may invest in securities of relatively few issuers.
            Thus, the performance of one or a small number of portfolio
            holdings can affect overall performance more than if the fund
            invested in a larger number of issuers.


            SECURITY SELECTION RISK. A risk that pervades all investing is the
            risk that the securities in the fund's portfolio may decline in
            value.


            SMALL COMPANY CAPITALIZATION RISK. Small company stocks tend to
            experience steeper price fluctuations than the stocks of larger
            companies. A shortage of reliable information can also pose added
            risk to small company stocks. Industry-wide reversals may have a
            greater impact on small companies, since they lack the financial
            resources of large companies. Small company stocks are typically
            less liquid than large company stocks. Accordingly, it may be
            harder to find buyers for small company shares.

            STOCK MARKET RISK. The fund is affected by how the stock market
            performs. To the extent the fund invests in a particular
            capitalization or market sector, the fund's performance may be
            proportionately affected by that segment's general performance.
            Because a stock represents ownership in its issuer, stock prices
            can be hurt by poor management, shrinking product demand and other
            business risks. These factors may affect single companies as well
            as groups of companies. In addition, movements in financial markets
            may adversely affect a stock's price, regardless of how well the
            company performs. The market as a whole may not favor the types of
            investments the fund makes, which could affect the fund's ability
            to sell them at an attractive price.

            TAX RISK. The treatment of commodity-linked notes, futures and
            certain other derivative instruments for purposes of the fund
            qualifying as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the
            Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") is not
            certain. The fund has obtained private letter rulings from the
            Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") confirming that the income and
            gain arising from certain types of



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            commodity-linked notes in which the fund invests constitute
            "qualifying income" under the Code. Generally, if the
            commodity-linked instruments in which the fund invests are not
            regarded as producing qualifying income, the fund may fail to
            qualify as a RIC. If the fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the fund
            will be subject to federal income tax on its ordinary income and
            capital gains at regular corporate rates (without a deduction for
            distributions to shareholders) which will reduce net asset value
            per share. When distributed, that income would also be taxable to
            shareholders who are subject to current federal income taxation
            with respect to their investment in the fund as a dividend to the
            extent attributable to the fund's earnings and profits.

            A ruling issued by the IRS limits the income derived from certain
            commodity-linked futures and swaps to a maximum of 10% of the
            fund's gross income.



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THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE HISTORY

While a fund's past performance (before and after taxes) isn't necessarily a
sign of how it will do in the future, it can be valuable for an investor to
know.


The bar chart shows how the performance of the fund's Class A shares has varied
from year to year, which may give some idea of risk. The bar chart does not
reflect sales loads; if it did, total returns would be lower than those shown.
The table on the following page shows how fund performance compares to relevant
index performance (which, unlike fund performance, does not reflect fees or
expenses). The table includes the effects of maximum sales loads on fund
performance. The performance of the fund and the index information varies over
time. All figures assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions (in the
case of after-tax returns, reinvested net of assumed tax rates).

The table shows returns for Class A shares on a before-tax and after-tax basis.
After-tax returns are shown for Class A only and will vary for Classes B and C.
After-tax returns are estimates calculated using the historical highest
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of
state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax
situation and may differ from those shown in the table. After-tax returns shown
are not relevant for investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred
arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.


DWS Commodity Securities Fund

ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) AS OF 12/31 EACH YEAR - CLASS A (Results do not reflect
sales loads; if they did, total returns would be lower than those shown.)




<TABLE>
<C>       <C>
 1.41     35.03
2006      2007
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
2008 TOTAL RETURN AS OF JUNE 30: 23.61%
<S>                                       <C>
FOR THE PERIOD INCLUDED IN THE BAR CHART:
BEST QUARTER: 9.22%, Q3 2007              WORST QUARTER: -10.75%, Q3 2006
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) AS OF 12/31/2007 (Fund returns include the
effects of maximum sales load.)




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              1 YEAR       SINCE INCEPTION*
<S>                                         <C>           <C>
 CLASS A
   Return before Taxes                          27.26            15.24
   Return after Taxes on Distributions          27.26            14.89
   Return after Taxes on Distributions
   and Sale of Fund Shares                      17.72            13.01
 CLASS B (Return before Taxes)                  30.95            15.95
 CLASS C (Return before Taxes)                  33.95            16.74
 S&P GSCI COMMODITY INDEX
 (reflects no deductions for fees,
 expenses or taxes)                             32.67             8.09
 MSCI WORLD ENERGY INDEX (reflects no
 deductions for fees, expenses or
 taxes)                                         29.79            20.49
 MSCI WORLD MATERIALS INDEX (reflects
 no deductions for fees, expenses or
 taxes)                                         33.24            25.64
 BLENDED INDEX (reflects no deductions
 for fees, expenses or taxes)                   32.45            15.86
</TABLE>




 *   Inception date for the fund was February 14, 2005. Index comparison begins
     on February 28, 2005.


 BLENDED INDEX is composed of 50% S&P GSCI Commodity Index, a composite index
 of commodity sector returns that measures an unleveraged, long-only investment
 in commodities futures that are broadly diversified across the spectrum of
 commodities; 25% of the MSCI World Materials Index, which measures the
 performance of materials equities in developed markets around the world; and
 25% of the MSCI World Energy Index, which measures the performance of energy
 equities in developed markets around the world.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted
above. For more recent performance information, call your financial advisor or
(800) 621-1048 or visit our Web site at www.dws-investments.com.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS assumes that an investor holds fund shares
at the end of the period. The return reflects taxes only on the fund's
distributions and not on a shareholder's gain or loss from selling fund shares.


RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE OF FUND SHARES assumes that an
investor sold his or her fund shares at the end of the period. The return
reflects taxes on both the fund's distributions and a shareholder's gain or
loss from selling fund shares.



16 | DWS Commodity Securities Fund
<PAGE>

HOW MUCH INVESTORS PAY

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
fund shares. This information doesn't include any fees that may be charged by
your financial advisor.



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FEE TABLE                                        CLASS A         CLASS B       CLASS C
<S>                                         <C>                 <C>          <C>
 SHAREHOLDER FEES, paid directly from your investment
___________________________________________________________________________________________
 Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed
 on Purchases (as % of offering price)             5.75%1         None          None
 Maximum Contingent Deferred Sales
 Charge (Load) (as % of redemption
 proceeds)                                       None2             4.00%         1.00%
 Redemption/Exchange Fee on shares
 owned less than 15 days (as % of
 redemption proceeds)3                            2.00  %          2.00%         2.00%

 ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES, deducted from fund assets
___________________________________________________________________________________________
 Management Fee                                   0.95  %          0.95%         0.95%
 Distribution/Service (12b-1) Fees                0.24             1.00          1.00
 Other Expenses4                                  0.43             0.46          0.40
 TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES                  1.62             2.41          2.35
 Less Fee Waivers/Expense
 Reimbursements5                                  0.12             0.16          0.10
 TOTAL NET ANNUAL OPERATING
 EXPENSES5                                        1.50             2.25          2.25
</TABLE>



1   Because of rounding in the calculation of the offering price, the actual
   maximum front-end sales charge paid by an investor may be higher than the
   percentage noted (see "Choosing a Share Class - Class A shares").

2   The redemption of shares purchased at net asset value under the Large Order
   NAV Purchase Privilege (see "Choosing a Share Class - Class A shares") may
   be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed
   within 12 months of purchase and 0.50% if redeemed within the following six
   months.

3   This fee is charged on applicable redemptions or exchanges. Please see
   "Policies You Should Know About - Policies about transactions" for further
   information.

4   Includes 0.10% administration fee.


5   Through September 30, 2009, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive
   all or a portion of its management fee and reimburse or pay operating
   expenses of the fund to the extent necessary to maintain the fund's total
   annual operating expenses at 1.50%, 2.25% and 2.25% for Class A, Class B
   and Class C shares, respectively, excluding certain expenses such as
   extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest.



                                            DWS Commodity Securities Fund   | 17
<PAGE>

Based on the costs above (including one year of capped expenses in each
period), this example helps you compare the expenses of each share class to
those of other mutual funds. This example assumes the expenses above remain the
same. It also assumes that you invested $10,000, earned 5% annual returns and
reinvested all dividends and distributions. This is only an example; actual
expenses will be different.



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXAMPLE                1 YEAR      3 YEARS      5 YEARS      10 YEARS
<S>                   <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
 EXPENSES, assuming you sold your shares at the end of each period
_________________________________________________________________________
 Class A shares         $719       $1,046       $1,395       $2,377
 Class B shares*         628        1,036        1,471        2,358
 Class C shares          328          724        1,246        2,678

 EXPENSES, assuming you kept your shares
_________________________________________________________________________
 Class A shares         $719       $1,046       $1,395       $2,377
 Class B shares*         228          736        1,271        2,358
 Class C shares          228          724        1,246        2,678
</TABLE>




*   Reflects conversion of Class B to Class A shares, which pay lower fees.
   Conversion occurs six years after purchase.


18 | DWS Commodity Securities Fund
<PAGE>

OTHER POLICIES AND RISKS

           While the previous pages describe the main points of the fund's
           strategy and risks, there are a few other issues to know about:

           -  Although major changes tend to be infrequent, the fund's Board
              could change the fund's investment objective without seeking
              shareholder approval. In addition, the Board will provide
              shareholders with at least 60 days' notice prior to making any
              changes to the fund's 80% investment policy.


           -  As a temporary defensive measure, the fund could shift up to 100%
              of assets into investments such as money market securities. This
              could prevent losses, but, while engaged in a temporary defensive
              position, the fund will not be pursuing its investment objective.
              However, portfolio management may choose not to use these
              strategies for various reasons, even in volatile market
              conditions.


           -  Income is not a primary consideration of the Advisor in selecting
              securities for the fund's portfolio although certain securities
              will generate interest income.


           Secondary risks

           LEVERAGING RISK. Although the fund itself will not be leveraged,
           certain transactions may give rise to a form of leverage. Such
           transactions may include, among others, structured notes, reverse
           repurchase agreements, indexed and inverse floating rate securities,
           swap agreements, futures contracts, loans of portfolio securities,
           and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment
           transactions. The use of derivatives may also create leveraging
           risk. To mitigate leveraging risk, the Advisor will segregate liquid
           assets or otherwise cover the transactions that may give rise to
           such risk. The use of leverage may cause the fund to liquidate
           portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to
           satisfy its obligations or to meet segregation requirements.
           Leverage, including borrowing, may cause the fund to be more
           volatile than if the fund had not been leveraged. This is because
           leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease
           in the value of the fund's portfolio securities.


           PRICING RISK. At times, market conditions may make it difficult to
           value some investments, and the fund may use certain valuation
           methodologies for some of its investments, such as fair value
           pricing. Given the subjective nature of such valuation



                                                  Other Policies and Risks  | 19
<PAGE>


           methodologies, it is possible that the value determined for an
           investment may be different than the value realized upon such
           investment's sale. If the fund has valued its securities too highly,
           you may pay too much for fund shares when you buy into the fund. If
           the fund has underestimated the price of its securities, you may not
           receive the full market value when you sell your fund shares.


           SECURITIES LENDING RISK. Any loss in the market price of securities
           loaned by the fund that occurs during the term of the loan would be
           borne by the fund and would adversely affect the fund's performance.
           Also, there may be delays in recovery of securities loaned or even a
           loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the
           securities fail financially while the loan is outstanding. However,
           loans will be made only to borrowers selected by the fund's delegate
           after a review of relevant facts and circumstances, including the
           creditworthiness of the borrower.


           For more information

           This prospectus doesn't tell you about every policy or risk of
           investing in the fund.

           If you want more information on the fund's allowable securities and
           investment practices and the characteristics and risks of each one,
           you may want to request a copy of the Statement of Additional
           Information (the back cover tells you how to do this).


           Keep in mind that there is no assurance that the fund will achieve
           its objective.

           A complete list of the fund's portfolio holdings as of the month-end
           is posted on www.dws-investments.com on or after the last day of the
           following month. This posted information is available by fund and
           generally remains accessible at least until the date on which the
           fund files its Form N-CSR or N-Q with the Securities and Exchange
           Commission for the period that includes the date as of which the
           posted information is current. In addition, the fund's top ten
           equity holdings and other fund information is posted on
           www.dws-investments.com as of the calendar quarter-end on or after
           the 15th day following quarter-end. The fund's Statement of
           Additional Information includes a description of the fund's policies
           and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund's
           portfolio holdings.



20 | Other Policies and Risks
<PAGE>

WHO MANAGES AND OVERSEES THE FUND


           The investment advisor

           Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the
           "Advisor"), with headquarters at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY
           10154, is the investment advisor for the fund. Under the oversight
           of the Board, the Advisor makes investment decisions, buys and sells
           securities for the fund and conducts research that leads to these
           purchase and sale decisions. The Advisor provides a full range of
           global investment advisory services to institutional and retail
           clients.


           DWS Investments is part of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division
           and, within the US, represents the retail asset management
           activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
           Americas, DIMA and DWS Trust Company.


           Deutsche Asset Management is a global asset management organization
           that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources,
           including hundreds of portfolio managers and analysts and an office
           network that reaches the world's major investment centers. This
           well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide
           variety of experience and investment insight across industries,
           regions, asset classes and investing styles.

           The Advisor is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank
           AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is
           engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment
           management, mutual funds, retail, private and commercial banking,
           investment banking and insurance.


                                         Who Manages and Oversees the Fund  | 21
<PAGE>


           MANAGEMENT FEE. The Advisor receives a management fee from the fund.
           Below is the actual rate paid by the fund for the most recent fiscal
           year, as a percentage of the fund's average daily net assets.




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FUND NAME                                      FEE PAID
<S>                                           <C>
  DWS Commodity Securities Fund                  0.95%
</TABLE>




           A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the
           fund's investment management agreement is contained in the
           shareholder report for the semi-annual period ended December 31 (see
           "Shareholder reports" on the back cover).


           Under a separate administrative services agreement between the fund
           and the Advisor, the fund pays the Advisor for providing most of the
           fund's administrative services.


22 | Who Manages and Oversees the Fund
<PAGE>

Portfolio management


The fund is managed by a team of investment professionals who collaborate to
implement the fund's investment strategy. The team is led by a lead portfolio
manager who is responsible for developing the fund's investment strategy. Each
portfolio manager on the team has authority over all aspects of the fund's
investment portfolio, including, but not limited to, purchases and sales of
individual securities, portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk
assessment, and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with portfolio
holdings.


The following people handle the day-to-day management of the fund:

Theresa Gusman
Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Lead Portfolio Manager of
the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1995.
- Over 23 years of investment industry experience.
- BA, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Terence P. Brennan
Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1999.
- Over 21 years of investment industry experience.
- BA, Fordham University.

Jeffrey Saeger, CFA
Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1996.
- Over 12 years of investment industry experience.
- BS, State University of New York at Fredonia.

The fund's Statement of Additional Information provides additional information
about a portfolio manager's investments in the fund, a description of the
portfolio management compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.


                                         Who Manages and Oversees the Fund  | 23
<PAGE>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights are designed to help you understand recent financial
performance. The figures in the first part of each table are for a single
share. The total return figures represent the percentage that an investor in
the fund would have earned (or lost), assuming all dividends and distributions
were reinvested. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with
the fund's financial statements, is included in the fund's annual report (see
"Shareholder reports" on the back cover).

DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class A



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,                                    2008             2007             2006             2005 a
<S>                                                <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            -
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD                 $  13.13         $  12.56         $  10.37         $  10.00
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
  Net investment income (loss)b                        (  .08)             .02              .11              .02
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                6.01              .83             2.20              .35
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
  TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS                       5.93              .85             2.31              .37
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Less distributions from:
  Net investment income                                     -           (  .06)          (  .02)               -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
  Net realized gains                                        -           (  .22)          (  .10)               -
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
  TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS                                       -           (  .28)          (  .12)               -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Redemption fees                                           .00***           .00***           .00***           .00***
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD                       $  19.06         $  13.13         $  12.56         $  10.37
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Total Return (%)c,d                                     45.16             6.95            22.24             3.70**
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)                    372              211              166               44
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses before expense
reductions (%)                                           1.62             1.74             2.21             3.90*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses after expense
reductions (%)                                           1.50             1.51             1.55             1.50*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of net investment income
(loss) (%)                                             (  .49)             .21              .91              .57*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Portfolio turnover rate (%)                               145              117               80               36*
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
</TABLE>



a   For the period from February 14, 2005 (commencement of operations) to June
30, 2005.

b   Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

c   Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charge.

d   Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

*   Annualized

**   Not annualized

***   Amount is less than $.005.

24 | Financial Highlights
<PAGE>

DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class B



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,                                    2008             2007             2006             2005 a
<S>                                                <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            -
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD                 $  12.98         $  12.45         $  10.34         $  10.00
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
  Net investment income (loss)b                        (  .19)          (  .06)             .02           (  .01)
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                5.92              .81             2.19              .35
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
  TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS                       5.73              .75             2.21              .34
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Less distributions from:
  Net realized gains                                        -           (  .22)          (  .10)               -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Redemption fees                                           .00***           .00***           .00***           .00***
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD                       $  18.71         $  12.98         $  12.45         $  10.34
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Total Return (%)c,d                                     44.14             6.12            21.40             3.40**
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)                     25               17               16                4
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses before expense
reductions (%)                                           2.41             2.52             2.93             4.64*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses after expense
reductions (%)                                           2.25             2.26             2.29             2.25*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of net investment income
(loss) (%)                                             ( 1.24)          (  .54)             .17           (  .18)*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Portfolio turnover rate (%)                               145              117               80               36*
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
</TABLE>



a   For the period from February 14, 2005 (commencement of operations) to June
30, 2005.

b   Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

c   Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charge.

d   Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

*   Annualized

**   Not annualized

***   Amount is less than $.005.

                                                      Financial Highlights  | 25
<PAGE>

DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class C



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,                                    2008             2007             2006             2005 a
<S>                                                <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            -
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD                 $  12.98         $  12.45         $  10.34         $  10.00
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
  Net investment income (loss)b                        (  .19)          (  .06)             .02           (  .01)
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                5.92              .81             2.19              .35
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
  TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS                       5.73              .75             2.21              .34
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Less distributions from:
  Net realized gains                                        -           (  .22)          (  .10)               -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Redemption fees                                           .00***           .00***           .00***           .00***
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD                       $  18.71         $  12.98         $  12.45         $  10.34
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Total Return (%)c,d                                     44.14             6.12            21.40             3.40**
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)                     86               52               48               12
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses before expense
reductions (%)                                           2.35             2.47             2.94             4.65*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses after expense
reductions (%)                                           2.25             2.26             2.30             2.25*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of net investment income
(loss) (%)                                             ( 1.24)          (  .54)             .16           (  .18)*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Portfolio turnover rate (%)                               145              117               80               36*
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
</TABLE>



a   For the period from February 14, 2005 (commencement of operations) to June
30, 2005.

b   Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

c   Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charge.

d   Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

*   Annualized

**   Not annualized

***   Amount is less than $.005.

26 | Financial Highlights
<PAGE>

HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND

This prospectus offers the share classes noted on the cover of the prospectus.
Each class has its own fees and expenses, offering you a choice of cost
structures. The fund offers other classes of shares in a separate prospectus.
These shares are intended for investors seeking the advice and assistance of a
financial advisor, who will typically receive compensation for those services.

THE FOLLOWING PAGES TELL YOU HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND AND WHAT TO EXPECT AS A
SHAREHOLDER. The following pages also tell you about many of the services,
choices and benefits of being a shareholder. You'll also find information on
how to check the status of your account using the method that's most convenient
for you.

If you're investing directly with DWS Investments, all of this information
applies to you. If you're investing through a "third party provider" - for
example, a workplace retirement plan, financial supermarket or financial
advisor - your provider may have its own policies or instructions and you
should follow those.


You can find out more about the topics covered here by speaking with your
FINANCIAL ADVISOR OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR WORKPLACE RETIREMENT PLAN OR
OTHER INVESTMENT PROVIDER.


Before you invest, take a moment to look over the characteristics of each share
class, so that you can be sure to choose the class that's right for you. YOU
MAY WANT TO ASK YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO HELP YOU WITH THIS DECISION.

<PAGE>

CHOOSING A SHARE CLASS


We describe each share class in detail on the following pages. But first, you
may want to look at the table below, which gives you a brief description and
comparison of the main features of each class.



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASSES AND FEATURES                         POINTS TO HELP YOU COMPARE
<S>                                          <C>
 CLASS A
 -  Sales charge of up to 5.75% charged       -  Some investors may be able to reduce
  when you buy shares                        or eliminate their sales charge; see
                                             "Class A shares"
 -  In most cases, no charge when you
  sell shares                                -  Total annual expenses are lower than
                                             those for Class B or Class C
 -  Up to 0.25% annual shareholder
  servicing fee
 CLASS B
 -  No sales charge when you buy shares       -  The deferred sales charge rate falls to
                                             zero after six years
 -  Deferred sales charge declining from
  4.00%, charged when you sell shares        -  Shares automatically convert to
  you bought within the last six years       Class A after six years, which means
                                             lower annual expenses going forward
 -  0.75% annual distribution fee and up
  to 0.25% annual shareholder servicing
  fee
 CLASS C
 -  No sales charge when you buy shares       -  The deferred sales charge rate for one
                                             year is lower for Class C shares than
 -  Deferred sales charge of 1.00%,
                                             Class B shares, but your shares never
  charged when you sell shares you
                                             convert to Class A, so annual expenses
  bought within the last year
                                             remain higher
 -  0.75% annual distribution fee and up
  to 0.25% annual shareholder servicing
  fee
</TABLE>



Your financial advisor will typically be paid a fee when you buy shares and may
receive different levels of compensation depending upon which class of shares
you buy. The fund may pay financial advisors or other intermediaries
compensation for the services they provide to their clients. This compensation
may vary depending on the share class and fund you buy. Your financial advisor
may also receive compensation from the Advisor and/or its affiliates. Please
see "Financial intermediary support payments" for more information.




28 | Choosing a Share Class
<PAGE>


           Class A shares


           Class A shares may make sense for long-term investors, especially
           those who are eligible for a reduced or eliminated sales charge.

           Class A shares have a 12b-1 plan, under which a shareholder
           servicing fee of up to 0.25% is deducted from class assets each
           year. Because the shareholder servicing fee is continuous in nature,
           it may, over time, increase the cost of your investment and may cost
           you more than paying other types of sales charges.

           Class A shares have an up-front sales charge that varies with the
           amount you invest:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                              FRONT-END SALES          FRONT-END SALES
                                CHARGE AS %          CHARGE AS % OF YOUR
YOUR INVESTMENT            OF OFFERING PRICE 1,2        NET INVESTMENT 2
<S>                       <C>                       <C>
  Up to $50,000           5.75%                     6.10%
$    50,000-$99,999       4.50                      4.71
$  100,000-$249,999       3.50                      3.63
$  250,000-$499,999       2.60                      2.67
$  500,000-$999,999       2.00                      2.04
  $1 million or more            see below                see below
</TABLE>


           1   The offering price includes the sales charge.

           2   Because of rounding in the calculation of the offering price,
               the actual front-end sales charge paid by an investor may be
               higher or lower than the percentages noted.


           YOU MAY BE ABLE TO LOWER YOUR CLASS A SALES CHARGE IF:

           -  you plan to invest at least $50,000 in Class A shares (including
              Class A shares in other retail DWS funds) over the next 24 months
              ("Letter of Intent")

           -  the amount of Class A shares you already own (including Class A
              shares in other retail DWS funds) plus the amount you're
              investing now in Class A shares is at least $50,000 ("Cumulative
              Discount")

           -  you are investing a total of $50,000 or more in Class A shares of
              several retail DWS funds on the same day ("Combined Purchases")

                                                    Choosing a Share Class  | 29
<PAGE>

           The point of these three features is to let you count investments
           made at other times or in certain other funds for purposes of
           calculating your present sales charge. Any time you can use the
           privileges to "move" your investment into a lower sales charge
           category, it's generally beneficial for you to do so.

           For purposes of determining whether you are eligible for a reduced
           Class A sales charge, you and your immediate family (your spouse or
           life partner and your children or stepchildren age 21 or younger)
           may aggregate your investments in the DWS family of funds. This
           includes, for example, investments held in a retirement account, an
           employee benefit plan or at a financial advisor other than the one
           handling your current purchase. These combined investments will be
           valued at their current offering price to determine whether your
           current investment qualifies for a reduced sales charge.

           To receive a reduction in your Class A initial sales charge, you
           must let your financial advisor or Shareholder Services know at the
           time you purchase shares that you qualify for such a reduction. You
           may be asked by your financial advisor or Shareholder Services to
           provide account statements or other information regarding related
           accounts of you or your immediate family in order to verify your
           eligibility for a reduced sales charge.


           For more information about sales charge discounts, please visit
           www.dws-investments.com (click on the link entitled "Fund Sales
           Charge and Breakpoint Schedule"), consult with your financial
           advisor or refer to the section entitled "Purchase or Redemption of
           Shares" in the fund's Statement of Additional Information.

           IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BUY CLASS A SHARES
           WITHOUT A SALES CHARGE. For example, the sales charge will be waived
           if you are reinvesting dividends or distributions or if you are
           exchanging an investment in Class A shares of another fund in the
           DWS family of funds for an investment in Class A shares of the fund.
           In addition, a sales charge waiver may apply to transactions by
           certain retirement plans and certain other entities or persons
           (e.g., affiliated persons of Deutsche Asset Management or the DWS
           funds) and with respect to certain types of investments (e.g., an
           investment advisory or agency commission program under which you pay
           a fee to an investment advisor or other firm for portfolio
           management or brokerage services).



30 | Choosing a Share Class
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           Details regarding the types of investment programs and categories of
           investors eligible for a sales charge waiver are provided in the
           fund's Statement of Additional Information.

           There are a number of additional provisions that apply in order to
           be eligible for a sales charge waiver. The fund may waive the sales
           charge for investors in other situations as well. Your financial
           advisor or Shareholder Services can answer your questions and help
           you determine if you are eligible.

           IF YOU'RE INVESTING $1 MILLION OR MORE, either as a lump sum or
           through one of the sales charge reduction features described above,
           you may be eligible to buy Class A shares without a sales charge
           ("Large Order NAV Purchase Privilege"). However, you may be charged
           a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% on any shares you
           sell within 12 months of owning them and a similar charge of 0.50%
           on shares you sell within the following six months. This CDSC is
           waived under certain circumstances (see "Policies You Should Know
           About"). Your financial advisor or Shareholder Services can answer
           your questions and help you determine if you're eligible.


           Class B shares

           Class B shares may make sense for long-term investors who prefer to
           see all of their investment go to work right away and can accept
           somewhat higher annual expenses. Please note, however, that since
           not all DWS funds offer Class B shares, exchange options may be
           limited.

           With Class B shares, you pay no up-front sales charge to the fund.
           Class B shares have a 12b-1 plan, under which a distribution fee of
           0.75% and a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% are deducted
           from class assets each year. This means the annual expenses for
           Class B shares are somewhat higher (and their performance
           correspondingly lower) compared to Class A shares. However, unlike
           Class A shares, your entire investment goes to work immediately.
           After six years, Class B shares automatically convert on a tax-free
           basis to Class A shares, which has the net effect of lowering the
           annual expenses from the seventh year on.


                                                    Choosing a Share Class  | 31
<PAGE>

           Class B shares have a CDSC. This charge declines over the years you
           own shares and disappears completely after six years of ownership.
           But for any shares you sell within those six years, you may be
           charged as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    YEAR AFTER YOU BOUGHT SHARES               CDSC ON SHARES YOU SELL
<S>                                    <C>
  First year                           4.00%
  Second or third year                 3.00
  Fourth or fifth year                 2.00
  Sixth year                           1.00
  Seventh year and later               None (automatic conversion to Class A)
</TABLE>


           This CDSC is waived under certain circumstances (see "Policies You
           Should Know About"). Your financial advisor or Shareholder Services
           can answer your questions and help you determine if you're eligible.


           While Class B shares don't have any front-end sales charge, their
           higher annual expenses mean that over the years you could end up
           paying more than the equivalent of the maximum allowable front-end
           sales charge.


           If you are thinking of making a large purchase in Class B shares or
           if you already own a large amount of Class A shares of the fund or
           other DWS funds, it may be more cost efficient to purchase Class A
           shares instead. Orders to purchase Class B shares of $100,000 or
           more will be declined with the exception of orders received from
           financial representatives acting for clients whose shares are held
           in an omnibus account and certain employer-sponsored employee
           benefit plans.



           Class C shares

           Class C shares may appeal to investors who plan to sell some or all
           of their shares within six years of buying them or who aren't
           certain of their investment time horizon.

           With Class C shares, you pay no up-front sales charge to the fund.
           Class C shares have a 12b-1 plan, under which a distribution fee of
           0.75% and a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% are deducted
           from class assets each year. Because of these fees, the annual
           expenses for Class C shares are similar to those of Class B shares,
           but higher than those for Class A shares (and the performance of
           Class C shares is correspondingly lower than that of Class A
           shares).


32 | Choosing a Share Class
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           Unlike Class B shares, Class C shares do NOT automatically convert
           to Class A shares after six years, so they continue to have higher
           annual expenses.

           Class C shares have a CDSC, but only on shares you sell within one
           year of buying them:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   YEAR AFTER YOU BOUGHT SHARES        CDSC ON SHARES YOU SELL
<S>                                   <C>
  First year                          1.00%
  Second year and later                         None
</TABLE>


           This CDSC is waived under certain circumstances (see "Policies You
           Should Know About"). Your financial advisor or Shareholder Services
           can answer your questions and help you determine if you're eligible.


           While Class C shares do not have an up-front sales charge, their
           higher annual expenses mean that, over the years, you could end up
           paying more than the equivalent of the maximum allowable up-front
           sales charge.

           Orders to purchase Class C shares of $500,000 or more will be
           declined with the exception of orders received from financial
           representatives acting for clients whose shares are held in an
           omnibus account and certain employer-sponsored employee benefit
           plans.


                                                    Choosing a Share Class  | 33
<PAGE>

How to BUY Class A, B and C Shares




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 FIRST INVESTMENT                                ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
<S>                                             <C>
 $1,000 or more for most accounts                $50 or more for regular accounts and
 $500 or more for IRAs                          IRAs
 $500 or more for an account with an            $50 or more for an account with an
 Automatic Investment Plan                      Automatic Investment Plan
 THROUGH A FINANCIAL ADVISOR
 -  To obtain an application, contact your      -  Contact your advisor using the
  advisor                                       method that's most convenient for you
 BY MAIL OR EXPRESS MAIL (SEE BELOW)
 -  Fill out and sign an application            -  Send a check payable to "DWS
                                                Investments" and an investment slip
 -  Send it to us at the appropriate
  address, along with an investment             -  If you don't have an investment slip,
  check made payable to "DWS                    include a letter with your name,
  Investments"                                  account number, the full name of the
                                                fund and the share class and your
                                                investment instructions
 BY WIRE
 -  Call (800) 621-1048 for instructions        -  Call (800) 621-1048 for instructions
 BY PHONE
 Not available                                  -  Call (800) 621-1048 for instructions
 WITH AN AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
 -  Fill in the information on our              -  To set up regular investments from a
  application including a check for the         bank checking account call (800) 621-
  initial investment and a voided check         1048 ($50 minimum)
 USING QuickBuy
 Not available                                  -  Call (800) 621-1048 to make sure
                                                QuickBuy is set up on your account; if
                                                it is, you can request a transfer from
                                                your bank account of any amount
                                                between $50 and $250,000
 ON THE INTERNET
 Not available                                  -  Call (800) 621-1048 to ensure you have
                                                electronic services
                                                -  Register at www.dws-
                                                investments.com or log in if already
                                                registered
                                                -  Follow the instructions for buying
                                                shares with money from your bank
                                                account
</TABLE>



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REGULAR MAIL:

First Investment: DWS Investments, PO Box 219356, Kansas City, MO 64121-9356
Additional Investments: DWS Investments, PO Box 219154, Kansas City, MO
64121-9154


EXPRESS, REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL:

DWS Investments, 210 West 10th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105-1614


34 | How to Buy Class A, B and C Shares
<PAGE>

How to EXCHANGE or SELL Class A, B and C Shares


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 EXCHANGING INTO ANOTHER FUND                    SELLING SHARES
<S>                                             <C>
                                                 Some transactions, including most for
 -  Exchanges into existing accounts:
                                                over $100,000, can only be ordered in
  $50 minimum per fund
                                                writing with a signature guarantee;
 -  Exchanges into new accounts:
                                                please see "Signature Guarantee"
  $1,000 minimum per fund for most
  accounts
  $500 minimum for IRAs
 THROUGH A FINANCIAL ADVISOR
 -  Contact your advisor using the              -  Contact your advisor using the
  method that's most convenient for you         method that's most convenient for you
 BY PHONE                                        BY PHONE OR WIRE
 -  Call (800) 621-1048 for instructions        -  Call (800) 621-1048 for instructions
 BY MAIL OR EXPRESS MAIL
 (see previous page for address)
 Write a letter that includes:                  Write a letter that includes:
 -  the fund, class and account number          -  the fund, class and account number
  you're exchanging out of                      from which you want to sell shares
 -  the dollar amount or number of shares       -  the dollar amount or number of shares
  you want to exchange                          you want to sell
 -  the name and class of the fund you          -  your name(s), signature(s) and
  want to exchange into                         address, as they appear on your
                                                account
 -  your name(s), signature(s) and
  address, as they appear on your               -  a daytime telephone number
  account
 -  a daytime telephone number
 WITH AN AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE PLAN                 WITH AN AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN
 -  To set up regular exchanges from a          -  Call (800) 621-1048 (minimum $50)
  fund account, call (800) 621-1048
 USING QuickSell
 Not available                                  -  Call (800) 621-1048 to make sure
                                                QuickSell is set up on your account; if
                                                it is, you can request a transfer to your
                                                bank account of any amount between
                                                $50 and $250,000
 ON THE INTERNET
 -  Register at www.dws-                        -  Register at www.dws-
  investments.com or log in if already          investments.com or log in if already
  registered                                    registered
 -  Follow the instructions for making on-      -  Follow the instructions for making on-
  line exchanges                                line redemptions
</TABLE>



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


<TABLE>
<S>               <C>
TO REACH US:      WEB SITE: www.dws-investments.com
                  TELEPHONE REPRESENTATIVE: (800) 621-1048, M-F, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET
                  TDD LINE: (800) 972-3006, M-F, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET
</TABLE>




                           How to Exchange or Sell Class A, B and C Shares  | 35
<PAGE>

           Financial intermediary support payments


           The Advisor, DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. (the "Distributor")
           and/or their affiliates may pay additional compensation, out of
           their own assets and not as an additional charge to the fund, to
           selected financial advisors in connection with the sale and/or
           distribution of fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of
           fund investors and fund shares ("revenue sharing"). Such revenue
           sharing payments are in addition to any distribution or service fees
           payable under any Rule 12b-1 or service plan of the fund, any record
           keeping/sub-transfer agency/networking fees payable by the fund
           (generally through the Distributor or an affiliate) and/or the
           Distributor to certain financial advisors for performing such
           services and any sales charge, commissions, non-cash compensation
           arrangements expressly permitted under applicable rules of the
           Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or other concessions
           described in the fee table or elsewhere in this prospectus or the
           Statement of Additional Information as payable to all financial
           advisors. For example, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their
           affiliates may compensate financial advisors for providing the fund
           with "shelf space" or access to a third party platform or fund
           offering list or other marketing programs, including, without
           limitation, inclusion of the fund on preferred or recommended sales
           lists, mutual fund "supermarket" platforms and other formal sales
           programs; granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's
           sales force; granting the Distributor access to the financial
           advisor's conferences and meetings; assistance in training and
           educating the financial advisor's personnel; and obtaining other
           forms of marketing support.


           The level of revenue sharing payments made to financial advisors may
           be a fixed fee or based upon one or more of the following factors:
           gross sales, current assets and/or number of accounts of the fund
           attributable to the financial advisor, the particular fund or fund
           type or other measures as agreed to by the Advisor, the Distributor
           and/or their affiliates and the financial advisors or any
           combination thereof. The amount of these revenue sharing payments is
           determined at the discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or
           their affiliates from time to time, may be substantial, and may be
           different for different financial advisors based on, for example,
           the nature of the services provided by the financial advisor.


36 | How to Exchange or Sell Class A, B and C Shares
<PAGE>


           The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates currently make
           revenue sharing payments from their own assets in connection with
           the sale and/or distribution of DWS Fund shares or the retention
           and/or servicing of investors and DWS Fund shares to financial
           advisors in amounts that generally range from .01% up to .50% of
           assets of the fund serviced and maintained by the financial advisor,
           .05% to .25% of sales of the fund attributable to the financial
           advisor, a flat fee of $13,350 up to $500,000, or any combination
           thereof. These amounts are subject to change at the discretion of
           the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates. Receipt of, or
           the prospect of receiving, this additional compensation may
           influence your financial advisor's recommendation of the fund or of
           any particular share class of the fund. You should review your
           financial advisor's compensation disclosure and/or talk to your
           financial advisor to obtain more information on how this
           compensation may have influenced your financial advisor's
           recommendation of the fund. Additional information regarding these
           revenue sharing payments is included in the fund's Statement of
           Additional Information, which is available to you on request at no
           charge (see the back cover of this prospectus for more information
           on how to request a copy of the Statement of Additional
           Information).

           The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may also make
           such revenue sharing payments to financial advisors under the terms
           discussed above in connection with the distribution of both DWS
           funds and non-DWS funds by financial advisors to retirement plans
           that obtain record keeping services from ADP, Inc. on the DWS
           Investments branded retirement plan platform (the "Platform") with
           the level of revenue sharing payments being based upon sales of both
           the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds by the financial advisor on the
           Platform or current assets of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS
           funds serviced and maintained by the financial advisor on the
           Platform.


           It is likely that broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions
           for the fund will include firms that also sell shares of the DWS
           funds to their customers. However, the Advisor will not consider
           sales of DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of
           broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the DWS funds.
           Accordingly, the Advisor has implemented policies and procedures
           reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of
           DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of


                           How to Exchange or Sell Class A, B and C Shares  | 37
<PAGE>

           broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the fund. In
           addition, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates will
           not use fund brokerage to pay for their obligation to provide
           additional compensation to financial advisors as described above.


POLICIES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT


           Along with the information on the previous pages, the policies below
           may affect you as a shareholder. Some of this information, such as
           the section on distributions and taxes, applies to all investors,
           including those investing through a financial advisor.


           If you are investing through a financial advisor or through a
           retirement plan, check the materials you received from them about
           how to buy and sell shares because particular financial advisors or
           other intermediaries may adopt policies, procedures or limitations
           that are separate from those described by the fund. Please note that
           a financial advisor may charge fees separate from those charged by
           the fund and may be compensated by the fund.

           Keep in mind that the information in this prospectus applies only to
           the shares offered herein. Other share classes are described in
           separate prospectuses and have different fees, requirements and
           services.

           In order to reduce the amount of mail you receive and to help reduce
           expenses, we generally send a single copy of any shareholder report
           and prospectus to each household. If you do not want the mailing of
           these documents to be combined with those for other members of your
           household, please contact your financial advisor or call (800)
           621-1048.


           Policies about transactions

           THE FUND IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS each day the New York Stock Exchange
           is open. The fund calculates its share price for each class every
           business day, as of the close of regular trading on the New York
           Stock Exchange (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, but sometimes
           earlier, as in the case of scheduled half-day trading or unscheduled
           suspensions of trading). You can place an order to buy or sell
           shares at any time.


38 | Policies You Should Know About
<PAGE>

           To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money
           laundering activities, federal law requires all financial
           institutions to obtain, verify and record information that
           identifies each person who opens an account. What this means to you:
           When you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date
           of birth and other information that will allow us to identify you.
           Some or all of this information will be used to verify the identity
           of all persons opening an account.

           We might request additional information about you (which may include
           certain documents, such as articles of incorporation for companies)
           to help us verify your identity and, in some cases, the information
           and/or documents may be required to conduct the verification. The
           information and documents will be used solely to verify your
           identity.

           We will attempt to collect any missing required and requested
           information by contacting you or your financial advisor. If we are
           unable to obtain this information within the time frames established
           by the fund, then we may reject your application and order.

           The fund will not invest your purchase until all required and
           requested identification information has been provided and your
           application has been submitted in "good order." After we receive all
           the information, your application is deemed to be in good order and
           we accept your purchase, you will receive the net asset value per
           share next calculated, less any applicable sales charge.

           If we are unable to verify your identity within time frames
           established by the fund, after a reasonable effort to do so, you
           will receive written notification.

           With certain limited exceptions, only US residents may invest in the
           fund.

           Because orders placed through a financial advisor must be forwarded
           to the transfer agent before they can be processed, you'll need to
           allow extra time. Your financial advisor should be able to tell you
           approximately when your order will be processed. It is the
           responsibility of your financial advisor to forward your order to
           the transfer agent in a timely manner.


           INITIAL PURCHASE MINIMUMS. The minimum initial investment for Class
           A, B and C shares is $1,000, except for investments on behalf of
           participants in certain fee-based and wrap programs offered through
           certain financial intermediaries approved by the



                                            Policies You Should Know About  | 39
<PAGE>

           Advisor, for which there is no minimum initial investment; and IRAs,
           for which the minimum initial investment is $500 per account. The
           minimum initial investment is $500 per account if you establish an
           automatic investment plan. Group retirement plans and certain other
           accounts have similar or lower minimum share balance requirements.


           SUB-MINIMUM BALANCES. The fund may close your account and send you
           the proceeds if your balance falls below $1,000 ($250 for retirement
           accounts and $500 for accounts with an Automatic Investment Plan
           funded with $50 or more per month in subsequent investments). We
           will give you 60 days' notice (90 days for retirement accounts) so
           you can either increase your balance or close your account (these
           policies don't apply to investors with $100,000 or more in DWS fund
           shares, investors in certain fee-based and wrap programs offered
           through certain financial intermediaries approved by the Advisor, or
           group retirement plans and certain other accounts having lower
           minimum share balance requirements).


           SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS. The minimum subsequent investment is $50.
           However, there is no minimum investment requirement for subsequent
           investments in Class A shares on behalf of participants in certain
           fee-based and wrap programs offered through certain financial
           intermediaries approved by the Advisor.


           MARKET TIMING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Short-term and excessive
           trading of fund shares may present risks to long-term shareholders,
           including potential dilution in the value of fund shares,
           interference with the efficient management of the fund's portfolio
           (including losses on the sale of investments), taxable gains to
           remaining shareholders and increased brokerage and administrative
           costs. These risks may be more pronounced if the fund invests in
           certain securities, such as those that trade in foreign markets, are
           illiquid or do not otherwise have "readily available market
           quotations." Certain investors may seek to employ short-term trading
           strategies aimed at exploiting variations in portfolio valuation
           that arise from the nature of the securities held by the fund (e.g.,
           "time zone arbitrage"). The fund discourages short-term and
           excessive trading and has adopted policies and procedures that are
           intended to detect and deter short-term and excessive trading.



40 | Policies You Should Know About
<PAGE>


           Pursuant to its policies, the fund will impose a 2% redemption fee
           on fund shares held for less than a specified holding period
           (subject to certain exceptions discussed below under "Redemption
           fees"). The fund also reserves the right to reject or cancel a
           purchase or exchange order for any reason without prior notice. For
           example, the fund may in its discretion reject or cancel a purchase
           or an exchange order even if the transaction is not subject to the
           specific roundtrip transaction limitation described below if the
           Advisor believes that there appears to be a pattern of short-term or
           excessive trading activity by a shareholder or deems any other
           trading activity harmful or disruptive to the fund. The fund,
           through its Advisor and transfer agent, will measure short-term and
           excessive trading by the number of roundtrip transactions within a
           shareholder's account during a rolling 12-month period. A
           "roundtrip" transaction is defined as any combination of purchase
           and redemption activity (including exchanges) of the same fund's
           shares. The fund may take other trading activity into account if the
           fund believes such activity is of an amount or frequency that may be
           harmful to long-term shareholders or disruptive to portfolio
           management.

           Shareholders are limited to four roundtrip transactions in the same
           DWS Fund (excluding money market funds) over a rolling 12-month
           period. Shareholders with four or more roundtrip transactions in the
           same DWS Fund within a rolling 12-month period generally will be
           blocked from making additional purchases of, or exchanges into, that
           DWS Fund. The fund has sole discretion whether to remove a block
           from a shareholder's account. The rights of a shareholder to redeem
           shares of a DWS Fund are not affected by the four roundtrip
           transaction limitation, but all redemptions remain subject to the
           fund's redemption fee policy (see "Redemption fees" described
           below).

           The fund may make exceptions to the roundtrip transaction policy for
           certain types of transactions if, in the opinion of the Advisor, the
           transactions do not represent short-term or excessive trading or are
           not abusive or harmful to the fund, such as, but not limited to,
           systematic transactions, required minimum retirement distributions,
           transactions initiated by the fund or administrator and transactions
           by certain qualified funds-of-funds.


                                            Policies You Should Know About  | 41
<PAGE>


           In certain circumstances where shareholders hold shares of the fund
           through a financial intermediary, the fund may rely upon the
           financial intermediary's policy to deter short-term or excessive
           trading if the Advisor believes that the financial intermediary's
           policy is reasonably designed to detect and deter transactions that
           are not in the best interests of the fund. A financial
           intermediary's policy relating to short-term or excessive trading
           may be more or less restrictive than the DWS Funds' policy, may
           permit certain transactions not permitted by the DWS Funds'
           policies, or prohibit transactions not subject to the DWS Funds'
           policies.

           The Advisor may also accept undertakings from a financial
           intermediary to enforce short-term or excessive trading policies on
           behalf of the fund that provide a substantially similar level of
           protection for the fund against such transactions. For example,
           certain financial intermediaries may have contractual, legal or
           operational restrictions that prevent them from blocking an account.
           In such instances, the financial intermediary may use alternate
           techniques that the Advisor considers to be a reasonable substitute
           for such a block.


           In addition, if the fund invests some portion of its assets in
           foreign securities, it has adopted certain fair valuation practices
           intended to protect the fund from "time zone arbitrage" with respect
           to its foreign securities holdings and other trading practices that
           seek to exploit variations in portfolio valuation that arise from
           the nature of the securities held by the fund. (See "How the fund
           calculates share price.")

           There is no assurance that these policies and procedures will be
           effective in limiting short-term and excessive trading in all cases.
           For example, the Advisor may not be able to effectively monitor,
           detect or limit short-term or excessive trading by underlying
           shareholders that occurs through omnibus accounts maintained by
           broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries. The Advisor
           reviews trading activity at the omnibus level to detect short-term
           or excessive trading. If the Advisor has reason to suspect that
           short-term or excessive trading is occurring at the omnibus level,
           the Advisor will contact the financial intermediary to request
           underlying shareholder level activity. Depending on the amount of
           fund shares held in such omnibus accounts (which may represent most
           of the fund's shares) short-term and/or excessive trading of fund
           shares could adversely affect long-term shareholders in the fund. If
           short-term or excessive trading is identified, the Advisor will take
           appropriate action.


42 | Policies You Should Know About
<PAGE>

           The fund's market timing policies and procedures may be modified or
           terminated at any time.

           REDEMPTION FEES. The fund imposes a redemption fee of 2% of the
           total redemption amount (calculated at net asset value, without
           regard to the effect of any contingent deferred sales charge; any
           contingent deferred sales charge is also assessed on the total
           redemption amount without regard to the assessment of the 2%
           redemption fee) on all fund shares redeemed or exchanged within 15
           days of buying them (either by purchase or exchange). The redemption
           fee is paid directly to the fund and is designed to encourage
           long-term investment and to offset transaction and other costs
           associated with short-term or excessive trading. For purposes of
           determining whether the redemption fee applies, shares held the
           longest time will be treated as being redeemed first and shares held
           the shortest time will be treated as being redeemed last.

           The redemption fee is applicable to fund shares purchased either
           directly or through a financial intermediary, such as a
           broker-dealer. Transactions through financial intermediaries
           typically are placed with the fund on an omnibus basis and include
           both purchase and sale transactions placed on behalf of multiple
           investors. These purchase and sale transactions are generally netted
           against one another and placed on an aggregate basis; consequently
           the identities of the individuals on whose behalf the transactions
           are placed generally are not known to the fund. For this reason, the
           fund has undertaken to notify financial intermediaries of their
           obligation to assess the redemption fee on customer accounts and to
           collect and remit the proceeds to the fund. However, due to
           operational requirements, the intermediaries' methods for tracking
           and calculating the fee may be inadequate or differ in some respects
           from the fund's. Subject to approval by the Advisor or the fund's
           Board, intermediaries who transact business on an omnibus basis may
           implement the redemption fees according to their own operational
           guidelines (which may be different than the fund's policies) and
           remit the fees to the fund.


           The redemption fee will not be charged in connection with the
           following exchange or redemption transactions: (i) transactions on
           behalf of participants in certain research wrap programs; (ii)
           transactions on behalf of a shareholder to return any excess IRA
           contributions to the shareholder; (iii) transactions on behalf of a
           shareholder to effect a required minimum distribution on an IRA;
           (iv) transactions on behalf of any mutual fund advised by



                                            Policies You Should Know About  | 43
<PAGE>


           the Advisor and its affiliates (e.g., "funds of funds") or, in the
           case of a master/feeder relationship, redemptions by the feeder fund
           from the master portfolio; (v) transactions on behalf of certain
           unaffiliated mutual funds operating as funds of funds; (vi)
           transactions following death or disability of any registered
           shareholder, beneficial owner or grantor of a living trust with
           respect to shares purchased before death or disability; (vii)
           transactions involving hardship of any registered shareholder;
           (viii) systematic transactions with pre-defined trade dates for
           purchases, exchanges or redemptions, such as automatic account
           rebalancing, or loan origination and repayments; (ix) transactions
           involving shares purchased through the reinvestment of dividends or
           other distributions; (x) transactions involving shares transferred
           from another account in the same fund or converted from another
           class of the same fund (the redemption fee period will carry over to
           the acquired shares); (xi) transactions initiated by the fund or
           administrator (e.g., redemptions for not meeting account minimums,
           to pay account fees funded by share redemptions, or in the event of
           the liquidation or merger of the fund); or (xii) transactions in
           cases when there are legal or contractual limitations or
           restrictions on the imposition of the redemption fee (as determined
           by the fund or its agents in their sole discretion). It is the
           policy of the DWS funds to permit approved fund platform providers
           to execute transactions with the funds without the imposition of a
           redemption fee if such providers have implemented alternative
           measures that are determined by the Advisor to provide controls on
           short-term and excessive trading that are comparable to the DWS
           funds' policies.

           THE AUTOMATED INFORMATION LINE IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY BY
           CALLING (800) 621-1048. You can use our automated phone services to
           get information on DWS funds generally and on accounts held directly
           at DWS Investments. You can also use this service to make exchanges
           and to purchase and sell shares.


           QUICKBUY AND QUICKSELL let you set up a link between a DWS fund
           account and a bank account. Once this link is in place, you can move
           money between the two with a phone call. You'll need to make sure
           your bank has Automated Clearing House (ACH) services. Transactions
           take two to three days to be completed and there is a $50 minimum
           and a $250,000 maximum. To set up QuickBuy or QuickSell on a new
           account, see the account application; to add it to an existing
           account, call (800) 621-1048.



THE FOLLOWING SIDEBAR TEXT APPEARS NEXT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS

The DWS Investments Web site can be a valuable resource for shareholders with
Internet access. Go to WWW.DWS-INVESTMENTS.COM to get up-to-date information,
review balances or even place orders for exchanges.


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           TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS. Generally, you are
           automatically entitled to telephone and electronic transaction
           privileges, but you may elect not to have them when you open your
           account or by contacting Shareholder Services at (800) 621-1048 at a
           later date.

           Since many transactions may be initiated by telephone or
           electronically, it's important to understand that as long as we take
           reasonable steps to ensure that an order to purchase or redeem
           shares is genuine, such as recording calls or requesting
           personalized security codes or other information, we are not
           responsible for any losses that may occur as a result. For
           transactions conducted over the Internet, we recommend the use of a
           secure Internet browser. In addition, you should verify the accuracy
           of your confirmation statements immediately after you receive them.

           THE FUND DOES NOT ISSUE SHARE CERTIFICATES.

           WHEN YOU ASK US TO SEND OR RECEIVE A WIRE, please note that while we
           don't charge a fee to send or receive wires, it's possible that your
           bank may do so. Wire transactions are generally completed within 24
           hours. The fund can only send wires of $1,000 or more and accept
           wires of $50 or more.


           THE FUND ACCEPTS PAYMENT FOR SHARES ONLY IN US DOLLARS by a check
           drawn on a US bank, a bank or Federal Funds wire transfer or an
           electronic bank transfer. The fund does not accept third party
           checks. A third party check is a check made payable to one or more
           parties and offered as payment to one or more other parties (e.g., a
           check made payable to you that you offer as payment to someone
           else). Checks should normally be payable to DWS Investments and
           drawn by you or a financial institution on your behalf with your
           name or account number included with the check.


            SIGNATURE GUARANTEE. When you want to sell more than $100,000 worth
            of shares or send proceeds to a third party or to a new address,
            you'll usually need to place your order in writing and include a
            signature guarantee. However, if you want money wired to a bank
            account that is already on file with us, you don't need a signature
            guarantee. Also, generally you don't need a signature guarantee for
            an exchange, although we may require one in certain other
            circumstances.



THE FOLLOWING SIDEBAR TEXT APPEARS NEXT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS

If you ever have difficulty placing an order by phone or Internet, you can send
us your order in writing.


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           A signature guarantee is simply a certification of your signature -
           a valuable safeguard against fraud. You can get a signature
           guarantee from an eligible guarantor institution, including
           commercial banks, savings and loans, trust companies, credit unions,
           member firms of a national stock exchange or any member or
           participant of an approved signature guarantor program. Note that
           you can't get a signature guarantee from a notary public and we must
           be provided the original guarantee.

           SELLING SHARES OF TRUST ACCOUNTS AND BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION
           ACCOUNTS may require additional documentation. Please call (800)
           621-1048 or contact your financial advisor for more information.

           WHEN YOU SELL SHARES THAT HAVE A CDSC, we calculate the CDSC as a
           percentage of what you paid for the shares or what you are selling
           them for - whichever results in the lower charge to you. In
           processing orders to sell shares, the shares with the lowest CDSC
           are sold first. Exchanges from one fund into another don't affect
           CDSCs; for each investment you make, the date you first bought
           shares is the date we use to calculate a CDSC on that particular
           investment.

           There are certain cases in which you may be exempt from a CDSC.
           These include:

           -  the death or disability of an account owner (including a joint
              owner). This waiver applies only under certain conditions. Please
              contact your financial advisor or Shareholder Services to
              determine if the conditions exist


           -  withdrawals made through an automatic withdrawal plan up to a
              maximum of 12% per year of the net asset value of the account


           -  withdrawals related to certain retirement or benefit plans

           -  redemptions for certain loan advances, hardship provisions or
              returns of excess contributions from retirement plans

           -  for Class A shares purchased through the Large Order NAV Purchase
              Privilege, redemption of shares whose dealer of record at the
              time of the investment notifies the Distributor that the dealer
              waives the applicable commission

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            -  for Class C shares, redemption of shares purchased through a
               dealer-sponsored asset allocation program maintained on an
               omnibus record-keeping system, provided the dealer of record has
               waived the advance of the first year distribution and service
               fees applicable to such shares and has agreed to receive such
               fees quarterly

           In each of these cases, there are a number of additional provisions
           that apply in order to be eligible for a CDSC waiver. Your financial
           advisor or Shareholder Services can answer your questions and help
           you determine if you are eligible.


           IF YOU SELL SHARES IN A DWS FUND AND THEN DECIDE TO INVEST WITH DWS
           INVESTMENTS AGAIN WITHIN SIX MONTHS, you may be able to take
           advantage of the "reinstatement feature." With this feature, you can
           put your money back into the same class of a DWS fund at its current
           NAV and, for purposes of a sales charge, it will be treated as if it
           had never left DWS Investments.


           You'll be reimbursed (in the form of fund shares) for any CDSC you
           paid when you sold. Future CDSC calculations will be based on your
           original investment date, rather than your reinstatement date. There
           is also an option that lets investors who sold Class B shares buy
           Class A shares (if available) with no sales charge, although they
           won't be reimbursed for any CDSC they paid. You can only use the
           reinstatement feature once for any given group of shares. To take
           advantage of this feature, contact Shareholder Services or your
           financial advisor.


           MONEY FROM SHARES YOU SELL is normally sent out within one business
           day of when your order is processed (not when it is received),
           although it could be delayed for up to seven days. There are
           circumstances when it could be longer, including, but not limited
           to, when you are selling shares you bought recently by check or ACH
           (the funds will be placed under a 10 calendar day hold to ensure
           good funds) or when unusual circumstances prompt the SEC to allow
           further delays. Certain expedited redemption processes (e.g.,
           redemption proceeds by wire) may also be delayed or unavailable when
           you are selling shares recently purchased or in the event of the
           closing of the Federal Reserve wire payment system. The fund
           reserves the right to suspend or postpone redemptions as permitted
           pursuant to Section 22(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
           Generally, those circumstances are when 1) the New York Stock
           Exchange is closed other than customary weekend or holiday



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           closings; 2) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted;
           3) an emergency exists which makes the disposal of securities owned
           by the fund or the fair determination of the value of the fund's net
           assets not reasonably practicable; or 4) the SEC, by order, permits
           the suspension of the right of redemption. Redemption payments by
           wire may also be delayed in the event of a non-routine closure of
           the Federal Reserve wire payment system. For additional rights
           reserved by the fund, please see "Other rights we reserve."

           You may obtain additional information about other ways to sell your
           shares by contacting your financial advisor.


           How the fund calculates share price

           To calculate net asset value, or NAV, each share class uses the
           following equation:


<TABLE>
<S>                                                     <C> <C>
            TOTAL ASSETS - TOTAL LIABILITIES
           -----------------------------------------    =    NAV
               TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
</TABLE>



           The price at which you buy shares is based on the NAV per share
           calculated after the order is received by the transfer agent,
           although for Class A shares it will be adjusted to allow for any
           applicable sales charge (see "Choosing a Share Class"). The price at
           which you sell shares is also based on the NAV per share calculated
           after the order is received by the transfer agent, although a CDSC
           may be taken out of the proceeds (see "Choosing a Share Class").

           THE FUND CHARGES A REDEMPTION FEE EQUAL TO 2.00% of the value of
           shares redeemed or exchanged within 15 days of purchase. Please see
           "Policies about transactions - Redemption fees" for further
           information.

           WE TYPICALLY VALUE SECURITIES USING INFORMATION FURNISHED BY AN
           INDEPENDENT PRICING SERVICE OR MARKET QUOTATIONS, WHERE APPROPRIATE.
           However, we may use methods approved by the fund's Board, such as a
           fair valuation model, which are intended to reflect fair value when
           pricing service information or market quotations are not readily
           available or when a security's value or a meaningful portion of the
           value of the fund's portfolio is believed to have been materially
           affected by a significant event, such as a natural disaster, an
           economic event like a bankruptcy filing, or a substantial
           fluctuation in domestic or foreign markets that has occurred between
           the close of the exchange or market



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           on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign
           exchange or market) and the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In
           such a case, the fund's value for a security is likely to be
           different from the last quoted market price or pricing service
           information. In addition, due to the subjective and variable nature
           of fair value pricing, it is possible that the value determined for
           a particular asset may be materially different from the value
           realized upon such asset's sale. It is -expected that the greater
           the percentage of fund assets that is -invested in non-US
           securities, the more extensive will be the -fund's use of fair value
           pricing. This is intended to reduce the fund's exposure to "time
           zone arbitrage" and other harmful -trading practices. (See "Market
           -timing policies and procedures.")

           TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FUND INVESTS IN SECURITIES THAT ARE TRADED
           PRIMARILY IN FOREIGN MARKETS, the value of its holdings could change
           at a time when you aren't able to buy or sell fund shares. This is
           because some foreign markets are open on days or at times when the
           fund doesn't price its shares. (Note that prices for securities that
           trade on foreign exchanges can change significantly on days when the
           New York Stock Exchange is closed and you cannot buy or sell fund
           shares. Price changes in the securities the fund owns may ultimately
           affect the price of fund shares the next time the NAV is
           calculated.)


           Other rights we reserve

           You should be aware that we may do any of the following:

           -  withdraw or suspend the offering of shares at any time


           -  withhold a portion of your distributions and redemption proceeds
              for federal income tax purposes if we have been notified by the
              IRS that you are subject to backup withholding or if you fail to
              provide us with the correct taxpayer ID number and certain
              certifications, including certification that you are not subject
              to backup withholding


           -  reject a new account application if you don't provide any
              required or requested identifying information, or for any other
              reason

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            -  refuse, cancel, limit or rescind any purchase or exchange order,
               without prior notice; freeze any account (meaning you will not be
               able to purchase fund shares in your account); suspend account
               services; and/or involuntarily redeem your account if we think
               that the account is being used for fraudulent or illegal
               purposes; one or more of these actions will be taken when, at our
               sole discretion, they are deemed to be in the fund's best
               interests or when the fund is requested or compelled to do so by
               governmental authority or by applicable law

           -  close and liquidate your account if we are unable to verify your
              identity, or for other reasons; if we decide to close your
              account, your fund shares will be redeemed at the net asset value
              per share next calculated after we determine to close your
              account (less any applicable sales charges or redemption fees);
              you may recognize a gain or loss on the redemption of your fund
              shares and you may incur a tax liability

           -  pay you for shares you sell by "redeeming in kind," that is, by
              giving you securities (which typically will involve brokerage
              costs for you to liquidate) rather than cash, but which will be
              taxable to the same extent as a redemption for cash; the fund
              generally won't make a redemption in kind unless your requests
              over a 90-day period total more than $250,000 or 1% of the value
              of the fund's net assets, whichever is less


           -  change, add or withdraw various services, fees and account
              policies (for example, we may adjust the fund's investment
              minimums at any time)

UNDERSTANDING DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES


           The fund intends to distribute to its shareholders virtually all of
           its net earnings. The fund can earn money in two ways: by receiving
           interest, dividends or other income from securities it holds and by
           selling securities for more than it paid for them. (The fund's
           earnings are separate from any gains or losses stemming from your
           own purchase and sale of shares.) The fund may not always pay a
           dividend or other distribution for a given period.


           THE FUND INTENDS TO PAY DIVIDENDS TO SHAREHOLDERS ANNUALLY IN
           DECEMBER. The fund intends to pay distributions from realized
           capital gains annually, usually in December. If necessary, the fund
           may distribute at other times as needed.





THE FOLLOWING SIDEBAR TEXT APPEARS NEXT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS

Because each shareholder's tax situation is unique, ask your tax professional
about the tax consequences of your investments, including any state and local
tax consequences.


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           Dividends or distributions declared and payable to shareholders of
           record in the last quarter of a given calendar year are treated for
           federal income tax purposes as if they were received on December 31
           of that year, provided such dividends or distributions are paid by
           the end of the following January.

           For federal income tax purposes, income and capital gains
           distributions are generally taxable to shareholders. However,
           dividends and distributions received by retirement plans qualifying
           for tax exemption under federal income tax laws generally will not
           be taxable.

           YOU CAN CHOOSE HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. You
           can have them all automatically reinvested in fund shares (at NAV),
           all deposited directly to your bank account or all sent to you by
           check, have one type reinvested and the other sent to you by check
           or have them invested in a different fund. Tell us your preference
           on your application. If you don't indicate a preference, your
           dividends and distributions will all be reinvested in shares of the
           fund without a sales charge (if applicable). Distributions are
           treated the same for federal income tax purposes whether you receive
           them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Under the terms
           of employer-sponsored qualified plans, and retirement plans,
           reinvestment (at NAV) is the only option.


           BUYING, SELLING OR EXCHANGING FUND SHARES WILL USUALLY HAVE FEDERAL
           INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU (except in employer-sponsored
           qualified plans, IRAs or other tax-advantaged accounts). Your sale
           of shares may result in a capital gain or loss. The gain or loss
           will be long-term or short-term depending on how long you owned the
           shares that were sold. For federal income tax purposes, an exchange
           is treated the same as a sale.


                                     Understanding Distributions and Taxes  | 51
<PAGE>


           THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS of the fund's earnings you receive and
           your own fund transactions generally depends on their type:



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 GENERALLY TAXED AT LONG-TERM                           GENERALLY TAXED AT ORDINARY
CAPITAL GAIN RATES:                                   INCOME RATES:
<S>                                                   <C>
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUND
- gains from the sale of                              -  gains from the sale of
  securities held (or treated as                         securities held by the fund for
  held) by the fund for more                             one year or less
  than one year                                       -  all other taxable income
- qualified dividend income
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING FUND
SHARES
- gains from selling fund                             -  gains from selling fund
  shares held for more than                              shares held for one year or
  one year                                               less
</TABLE>


           ANY DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN SECURITIES BY THE FUND MAY BE
           SUBJECT TO FOREIGN WITHHOLDING TAXES. In that case, the fund's yield
           on those securities would generally be decreased. Shareholders
           generally will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction with
           respect to foreign taxes paid by the fund. In addition, any
           investments in foreign securities or foreign currencies may increase
           or accelerate the fund's recognition of ordinary income and may
           affect the timing or amount of the fund's distributions. If you
           invest in the fund through a taxable account, your after-tax return
           could be negatively impacted.


           Investments in certain debt obligations or other securities may
           cause the fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash
           generated by them. Thus, the fund could be required at times to
           liquidate other investments in order to satisfy its distribution
           requirements.

           For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions to
           individuals and other noncorporate shareholders of investment income
           designated by the fund as derived from qualified dividend income are
           eligible for taxation for federal income tax purposes at the more
           favorable long-term capital gain rates. Qualified dividend income
           generally includes dividends received by the fund from domestic and
           some foreign corporations. It does not include income from
           investments in debt securities or, generally, from REITs. In
           addition, the fund must meet certain holding period and other
           requirements with



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           respect to the dividend-paying stocks in its portfolio and the
           shareholder must meet certain holding period and other requirements
           with respect to the fund's shares for the lower tax rates to apply.

           For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, the maximum
           federal income tax rate imposed on long-term capital gains
           recognized by individuals and other noncorporate shareholders has
           been temporarily reduced to 15%, in general, with lower rates
           applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets. For taxable
           years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the maximum long-term
           capital gain rate is scheduled to return to 20%.


           YOUR FUND WILL SEND YOU DETAILED FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION
           EVERY JANUARY. These statements tell you the amount and the federal
           income tax classification of any dividends or distributions you
           received. They also have certain details on your purchases and sales
           of shares.


           IF YOU INVEST RIGHT BEFORE THE FUND PAYS A DIVIDEND, you'll be
           getting some of your investment back as a taxable dividend. You can
           avoid this by investing after the fund pays a dividend. In tax-
           advantaged retirement accounts you generally do not need to worry
           about this.

           CORPORATIONS are taxed at the same rates on ordinary income and
           capital gains but may be eligible for a dividends-received deduction
           for a portion of the income dividends they receive from the fund,
           provided certain holding period and other requirements are met.

           The above discussion summarizes certain federal income tax
           consequences for shareholders who are US persons. If you are a
           non-US person, please consult your own tax advisor with respect to
           the US tax consequences to you of an investment in the fund. For
           more information, see "Taxes" in the Statement of Additional
           Information.



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APPENDIX
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Hypothetical Expense Summary



           Using the annual fund operating expense ratios presented in the fee
           tables in the fund prospectus, the Hypothetical Expense Summary
           shows the estimated fees and expenses, in actual dollars, that would
           be charged on a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund held
           for the next 10 years and the impact of such fees and expenses on
           fund returns for each year and cumulatively, assuming a 5% return
           for each year. The historical rate of return for the fund may be
           higher or lower than 5% and, for money funds, is typically less than
           5%. The tables also assume that all dividends and distributions are
           reinvested  and that Class B shares convert to Class A shares after
           six years. The annual fund expense ratios shown are net of any
           contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements, if any, for the
           period of the contractual commitment. The tables reflect the maximum
           initial sales charge, if any, but do not reflect any contingent
           deferred sales charge or redemption fees, if any, which may be
           payable upon redemption. If contingent deferred sales charges or
           redemption fees were shown, the "Hypothetical Year-End Balance After
           Fees and Expenses" amounts shown would be lower and the "Annual Fees
           and Expenses" amounts shown would be higher. Also, please note that
           if you are investing through a third party provider, that provider
           may have fees and expenses separate from those of the fund that are
           not reflected here. Mutual fund fees and expenses fluctuate over
           time and actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.


           The Hypothetical Expense Summary should not be used or construed as
           an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy or a
           recommendation or endorsement of any specific mutual fund. You
           should carefully review the fund's prospectus to consider the
           investment objectives, risks, expenses and charges of the fund prior
           to investing.


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DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class A




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              MAXIMUM           INITIAL HYPOTHETICAL                 ASSUMED RATE
           SALES CHARGE:             INVESTMENT:                      OF RETURN:
               5.75%                   $10,000                            5%
                                                              HYPOTHETICAL
             CUMULATIVE        ANNUAL       CUMULATIVE          YEAR-END
           RETURN BEFORE        FUND       RETURN AFTER      BALANCE AFTER      ANNUAL FEES
              FEES AND        EXPENSE        FEES AND           FEES AND            AND
YEAR          EXPENSES         RATIOS        EXPENSES           EXPENSES         EXPENSES
<S>       <C>                <C>          <C>               <C>                <C>
   1            5.00%        1.50%             -2.45%       $  9,754.88        $   718.85
   2           10.25%        1.62%              0.85%       $ 10,084.59        $   160.70
   3           15.76%        1.62%              4.25%       $ 10,425.45        $   166.13
   4           21.55%        1.62%              7.78%       $ 10,777.83        $   171.75
   5           27.63%        1.62%             11.42%       $ 11,142.12        $   177.55
   6           34.01%        1.62%             15.19%       $ 11,518.72        $   183.55
   7           40.71%        1.62%             19.08%       $ 11,908.06        $   189.76
   8           47.75%        1.62%             23.11%       $ 12,310.55        $   196.17
   9           55.13%        1.62%             27.27%       $ 12,726.65        $   202.80
  10           62.89%        1.62%             31.57%       $ 13,156.81        $   209.66
  TOTAL                                                                        $ 2,376.92
</TABLE>



DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class B





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              MAXIMUM           INITIAL HYPOTHETICAL                 ASSUMED RATE
           SALES CHARGE:             INVESTMENT:                      OF RETURN:
               0.00%                   $10,000                            5%
                                                              HYPOTHETICAL
             CUMULATIVE        ANNUAL       CUMULATIVE          YEAR-END
           RETURN BEFORE        FUND       RETURN AFTER      BALANCE AFTER        ANNUAL
              FEES AND        EXPENSE        FEES AND           FEES AND         FEES AND
YEAR          EXPENSES         RATIOS        EXPENSES           EXPENSES         EXPENSES
<S>       <C>                <C>          <C>               <C>                <C>
   1            5.00%        2.25%              2.75%       $ 10,275.00        $   228.09
   2           10.25%        2.41%              5.41%       $ 10,541.12        $   250.83
   3           15.76%        2.41%              8.14%       $ 10,814.14        $   257.33
   4           21.55%        2.41%             10.94%       $ 11,094.22        $   264.00
   5           27.63%        2.41%             13.82%       $ 11,381.56        $   270.83
   6           34.01%        2.41%             16.76%       $ 11,676.35        $   277.85
   7           40.71%        1.62%             20.71%       $ 11,071.01        $   192.35
   8           47.75%        1.62%             24.79%       $ 12,479.01        $   198.86
   9           55.13%        1.62%             29.01%       $ 12,900.80        $   205.58
  10           62.89%        1.62%             33.37%       $ 13,336.84        $   212.52
  TOTAL                                                                        $ 2,358.24
</TABLE>




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DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class C




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              MAXIMUM           INITIAL HYPOTHETICAL                 ASSUMED RATE
           SALES CHARGE:             INVESTMENT:                      OF RETURN:
               0.00%                   $10,000                            5%
                                                              HYPOTHETICAL
             CUMULATIVE        ANNUAL       CUMULATIVE          YEAR-END
           RETURN BEFORE        FUND       RETURN AFTER      BALANCE AFTER      ANNUAL FEES
              FEES AND        EXPENSE        FEES AND           FEES AND            AND
YEAR          EXPENSES         RATIOS        EXPENSES           EXPENSES         EXPENSES
<S>       <C>                <C>          <C>               <C>                <C>
   1            5.00%        2.25%              2.75%       $ 10,275.00        $   228.09
   2           10.25%        2.35%              5.47%       $ 10,547.29        $   244.66
   3           15.76%        2.35%              8.27%       $ 10,826.79        $   251.15
   4           21.55%        2.35%             11.14%       $ 11,113.70        $   257.80
   5           27.63%        2.35%             14.08%       $ 11,408.21        $   264.63
   6           34.01%        2.35%             17.11%       $ 11,710.53        $   271.65
   7           40.71%        2.35%             20.21%       $ 11,020.86        $   278.84
   8           47.75%        2.35%             23.39%       $ 12,339.41        $   286.23
   9           55.13%        2.35%             26.66%       $ 12,666.41        $   293.82
  10           62.89%        2.35%             30.02%       $ 12,002.07        $   301.60
  TOTAL                                                                        $ 2,678.47
</TABLE>




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TO GET MORE INFORMATION

SHAREHOLDER REPORTS - These include commentary from the fund's management team
about recent market conditions and the effects of the fund's strategies on its
performance. They also have detailed performance figures, a list of everything
the fund owns, and its financial statements. Shareholders get these reports
automatically.

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI) - This tells you more about the
fund's features and policies, including additional risk information. The SAI is
incorporated by reference into this document (meaning that it's legally part of
this prospectus).


For a free copy of any of these documents or to request other information about
the fund, call (800) 621-1048, or contact DWS Investments at the address listed
below. The fund's SAI and shareholder reports are also available through the
DWS Investments Web site at www.dws-investments.com. These documents and other
information about the fund are available from the EDGAR Database on the SEC's
Internet site at www.sec.gov. If you like, you may obtain copies of this
information, after paying a copying fee, by e-mailing a request to
publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the SEC at the address listed below. You can
also review and copy these documents and other information about the fund,
including the fund's SAI, at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington,
D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be
obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.




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PO Box 219151        100 F Street, N.E.      DWS Investments Distributors,
Kansas City, MO      Washington, D.C.        Inc.
64121-9151           20549-0102              222 South Riverside Plaza
WWW.DWS-             WWW.SEC.GOV             Chicago, IL 60606-5808
INVESTMENTS.COM      (800) SEC-0330          (800) 621-1148
(800) 621-1048
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SEC FILE NUMBER:
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                                                                       [Logo]DWS
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                                                             Deutsche Bank Group

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                                OCTOBER 1, 2008








                                   PROSPECTUS
                              ------------------
                              INSTITUTIONAL CLASS

                         DWS COMMODITY SECURITIES FUND

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not
approve or disapprove these shares or determine whether the information in this
prospectus is truthful or complete. It is a criminal offense for anyone to
inform you otherwise.



                                                                       [Logo]DWS
                                                                      INVESTMENT
                                                             Deutsche Bank Group

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CONTENTS




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HOW THE FUND WORKS
  4      The Fund's Main Investment
         Strategy
  8      The Main Risks of Investing in
         the Fund
 15      The Fund's Performance
         History
 17      How Much Investors Pay
 18      Other Policies and Risks
 20      Who Manages and Oversees
         the Fund
 23      Financial Highlights


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HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND
 25      Buying and Selling
         Institutional Class Shares
 31      Policies You Should Know
         About
 42      Understanding Distributions
         and Taxes
 46      Appendix
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HOW THE FUND WORKS

On the next few pages, you'll find information about the fund's investment
objective, the main strategies it uses to pursue that objective and the main
risks that could affect performance.


Whether you are considering investing in the fund or are already a shareholder,
you'll want to LOOK THIS INFORMATION OVER CAREFULLY. You may want to keep it on
hand for reference as well.

Remember that mutual funds are investments, not bank deposits. They're not
insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Their share
prices will go up and down, and you could lose money by investing in them.


You can find DWS prospectuses on the Internet at WWW.DWS-INVESTMENTS.COM (the
Web site does not form a part of this prospectus).

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                                       Institutional Class
  ticker symbol                        SKIRX
    fund number                        817

    DWS COMMODITY SECURITIES FUND


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            THE FUND'S MAIN INVESTMENT STRATEGY

            The fund's investment objective is capital appreciation.

            The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by focusing on
            commodity-related securities and equity-related securities,
            including commodity-related structured notes and similar
            instruments, that the Advisor believes are undervalued but have
            favorable prospects for appreciation. The fund will measure its
            performance against a benchmark comprised of 25% of the Morgan
            Stanley Capital International ("MSCI") World Energy Index, 25% of
            the MSCI World Materials Index and 50% of the S&P GSCI Commodity
            Index ("S&P GSCI"). The fund is designed for investors who seek to
            diversify their overall portfolios by adding exposure to the
            commodities markets. Of course, there can be no guarantee that the
            fund's investments would not be correlated with traditional
            financial assets under any particular market conditions.

            The fund follows a focused investment approach tending to invest in
            securities of between 40 to 80 issuers, although this number can
            vary depending on market conditions.

            Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80%
            of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in
            equity and other securities of companies in commodity-related
            industries or other investments where the value of the investment
            is linked to changes in commodity prices or a commodity-related
            index, such as commodity-linked structured notes and futures
            contracts. Securities of companies in commodity-related industries
            include common stocks, preferred securities, warrants, convertible
            securities and other equity and commodity-linked securities issued
            by such companies or other investments where the value of the
            investment is linked to changes in commodity prices or a
            commodity-related index, such as commodity-linked structured notes
            and futures contracts. Cash collateral for the fund's


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            holdings of commodity-linked structured notes will be included in
            this 80% test. If the fund invests in structured notes that embody
            a form of leverage, the cash collateral portion of the fund's
            assets could be substantial.


            Commodities are assets that have tangible properties, such as oil,
            metal and agricultural products. Commodity-related industries
            include, but are not limited to (i) those directly engaged in the
            production of commodities, such as minerals, metals, agricultural
            commodities, chemicals, pulp and paper, building materials, oil and
            gas, other energy or other natural resources, and (ii) companies
            that use commodities extensively in their products or provide
            services to commodity-related industries. The Advisor considers a
            company to be in a commodity-related industry if, as determined by
            the Advisor, at least 50% of the company's assets, revenues or net
            income are derived from or related to a commodity-related industry.


            The fund intends to invest in commodity-linked derivative
            instruments, in particular structured notes and futures contracts.
            The fund typically will seek to gain exposure to the commodities
            markets by investing in commodity-linked notes. The fund may also
            seek to replicate the performance of a commodity index or
            structured note by investing in futures contracts. Commodity-linked
            structured notes and other commodity-linked derivative investments
            (other than futures contracts) are hybrid instruments excluded from
            regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act. From time to time, the
            fund may invest in instruments that are regulated under that Act. A
            hybrid instrument is a derivative investment. Its value is derived
            from, or linked to, the value of another investment or asset.
            Hybrid instruments have higher risk of volatility and loss of
            principal.


            S&P GSCI COMMODITY INDEX. The fund intends to invest in derivative
            instruments linked to the performance of the S&P GSCI or a portion
            of the S&P GSCI and, under normal market conditions, between 25%
            and 75% of the fund's assets will be exposed to the performance of
            that index. The S&P GSCI is a composite index of commodity sector
            returns, representing an unleveraged, long-only investment in
            commodity futures that is broadly diversified across a spectrum of
            commodities. The returns are calculated on a fully-collateralized
            basis with full reinvestment.


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            Currently, the S&P GSCI contains 24 commodities from all commodity
            sectors: energy, metals, livestock and agricultural products. This
            broad range of constituent commodities can provide the S&P GSCI
            with a level of diversification both across subsectors and within
            each subsector. This diversity may mitigate the effects of
            individual events, which may have large implications for the
            individual commodity markets, but whose effects may be muted when
            aggregated to the level of the S&P GSCI. Nevertheless, over the
            past 10 years, energy products have represented between
            approximately 50% and 75% of the S&P GSCI.


            The S&P GSCI is "world-production weighted" (i.e., the quantity of
            each commodity in the index is determined by the average quantity
            of production in the last five years of available data). The
            world-production weighting of S&P GSCI is generally updated every
            year. A more detailed description of the S&P GSCI is found in the
            Statement of Additional Information.

            OTHER PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS. The fund will invest globally and may
            invest without limit in securities of non-US issuers. The fund may
            invest in securities of foreign issuers in foreign markets and in
            the form of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European
            Depositary Receipts ("EDRs") and other depositary receipts.

            The fund, under normal market conditions, will invest in securities
            of companies domiciled primarily in developed countries, but the
            fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets in securities of
            companies domiciled in emerging markets countries.


            The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in preferred securities
            of companies in commodity-related industries. The fund will not
            invest more than 20% of its net assets in preferred stock rated
            below investment grade (below investment grade debt securities are
            commonly known as "junk bonds") or unrated securities of comparable
            quality. Securities of non-investment grade quality are regarded as
            having predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to
            the capacity of the issuer of the securities to pay interest and
            repay principal. Due in part to the risk involved in investing in
            securities of below investment grade quality, an investment in the
            fund should be considered speculative.


            The fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
            securities.


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            SECURITIES LENDING. The fund may lend its investment securities in
            an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to approved
            institutional borrowers who need to borrow securities in order to
            complete certain transactions.


            INVESTMENT PROCESS. The Advisor may determine, based on various
            factors, including changes in supply and demand for a certain
            commodity or commodities, broad economic projections or
            expectations of better relative value than investing in direct
            equity securities, to invest between 25% and 75% of the fund's
            assets in securities linked to physical commodities or an index of
            physical commodities, i.e., commodity-linked structured notes, as
            well as options and futures contracts related to physical
            commodities or commodities indexes. These options and futures
            contracts may be intended as a hedge against a decline in the value
            of portfolio investments or to achieve returns consistent with
            those anticipated to be earned from investments in other
            commodity-related investments.


            Fundamental, valuation-driven equity research is the Advisor's
            primary source of value-added, and stock selection is the Advisor's
            primary performance driver. The Advisor begins with an actionable
            top-down view on the underlying commodities, and based on its
            company-specific knowledge, chooses the securities expected to
            perform best in that environment. The Advisor's top-down analysis
            also assists with switching among early- and late-cycle companies
            and country allocation. Allocation among the energy and materials
            sectors and any industry group within the sectors is an added
            performance driver.


            To enable the fund to achieve its investment objective through
            commodity, economic and investment cycles, the fund's equity
            returns are augmented by reinforcing the Advisor's commodity views
            via exposure to commodity-linked structured notes. The Advisor may
            also anticipate future investments in equities or may seek to
            replicate the performance of a commodity index or structured note
            by investing in options and futures contracts.


            The Advisor may focus on the securities of particular issuers or
            industries within the commodity-related industries in which the
            fund invests, or in particular countries or regions, at different
            times. The Advisor will normally sell a stock when it


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            believes that its price is unlikely to go higher, its fundamentals
            have deteriorated, other investments offer better opportunities or
            in the course of adjusting its emphasis on a given
            commodity-related industry.


            THE MAIN RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

            There are several risk factors that could hurt the fund's
            performance, cause you to lose money or cause the fund's
            performance to trail that of other investments.


            COMMODITY RISK. The fund may invest in equity securities issued by
            companies in commodity-related industries and other securities
            related to such companies. Investment in such securities is subject
            to the risks associated with concentration in securities of issuers
            in commodity-related industries. The stocks of companies in
            commodity-related industries may underperform the stock market as a
            whole. The stock prices of companies in commodity-related
            industries may also experience greater price volatility than other
            types of common stocks. Securities issued by companies in
            commodity-related industries are sensitive to changes in the prices
            of, and in supply and demand for, commodities. The value of
            securities issued by companies in commodity-related industries may
            be affected by changes in overall market movements, changes in
            interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or
            commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease,
            changes in storage costs, embargoes, tariffs, policies of commodity
            cartels and international economic, political and regulatory
            developments. The Advisor's judgments about trends in the prices of
            these securities and commodities may prove to be incorrect.


            COMMODITY-LINKED AND OTHER DERIVATIVES RISK. Derivatives are
            financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the
            value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index (or
            relationship between two indexes). The fund will ordinarily invest
            in commodity-linked derivative instruments, including
            commodity-linked structured notes and futures contracts. The fund
            may also utilize a variety of other derivative instruments with
            respect to securities, interest rates or other assets for
            investment or risk management purposes including, but not limited
            to, swap agreements, options, futures contracts and options on
            futures contracts.


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            The fund's use of derivative instruments, including
            commodity-linked derivative instruments, involves risks different
            from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with
            investing directly in securities and other traditional investments.
            Derivatives, including commodity-linked derivative instruments, are
            subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this
            prospectus, such as liquidity risk, security selection risk,
            interest rate transactions risk, credit risk, counterparty risk,
            and management risk. They also involve the risk of mispricing or
            improper valuation, the risk of ambiguous documentation, the risk
            that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate
            perfectly with an underlying asset, interest rate or index, and the
            risk of exposure to the effects of leverage, which could increase
            the fund's exposure to the market and potential losses that it
            could have if it had not entered into these transactions. If the
            fund invests in a derivative instrument, it could lose more than
            the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative
            transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there
            can be no assurance that the fund will engage in these transactions
            to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial.
            Further, there is a risk that the fund will not be able to find a
            suitable counterparty with whom to enter into these transactions.
            The use of derivatives also may increase the amount of taxes
            payable by shareholders.

            The fund's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments
            may subject the fund to special risks that do not apply to all
            derivatives transactions. The value of a commodity-linked
            derivative investment generally is based upon the price movements
            of a physical commodity (such as energy, minerals, or agricultural
            products), a commodity futures contract or commodity index, or
            other economic variable based upon changes in the value of
            commodities or the commodities markets. The value of
            commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes
            in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in
            interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or
            commodity, as described above. Because the performance of
            commodity-linked derivative instruments is linked to the
            performance of underlying commodity prices, these investments are
            subject to market risks that relate to the movement of prices in
            the commodities markets, which may


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            be speculative. Also, a liquid secondary market may not exist for
            the types of commodity-linked derivative instruments the fund buys,
            which may make it difficult for the fund to sell them at an
            acceptable price.

            In addition to the commodity-related risks described above, the
            fund's investments in commodity-linked notes are also subject to
            risks, such as credit, stock market and interest rate transactions
            risks, that in general affect the values of debt securities.
            Therefore, at the maturity of a commodity-linked note, the fund may
            receive more or less principal than it originally invested. The
            fund might receive interest payments on the note that are more or
            less than the stated coupon interest payments.

            CONCENTRATION RISK. The fund concentrates its investments in
            securities related to commodity-related industries. As a result,
            market price movements, regulatory changes, or economic conditions
            affecting companies in these industries will have a significant
            impact on the fund's performance.

            CORRELATION RISK. There is a risk that changes in the value of a
            hedging instrument will not match those of the investment being
            hedged.


            COUNTERPARTY RISK. This is a principal risk for a fund that invests
            in commodity-linked derivative instruments. The fund will be
            subject to credit risk with respect to derivative contracts entered
            into by the fund or held by special purpose or structured vehicles
            in which the fund invests. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or
            otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial
            difficulties, the fund may experience significant delays in
            obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization
            proceeding. The fund may obtain only a limited recovery or may
            obtain no recovery in such circumstances. To partially mitigate
            this risk, the Advisor typically requires that counterparties to
            the fund to certain commodity-linked derivative instruments post
            collateral equivalent to their obligations under the derivative.
            Moreover, the fund typically enters into commodity-linked
            derivative transactions with counterparties whose credit rating is
            investment grade, as determined by a nationally recognized
            statistical rating organization or, if unrated, judged by the
            Advisor to be of comparable quality.



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            CREDIT RISK. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a
            debt security or the other party to an over-the-counter transaction
            will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or
            principal, or otherwise to honor its obligations. The degree of
            this risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit
            rating. This risk is greater with junk and foreign bonds because of
            the difficulties of requiring foreign entities, including issuers
            of sovereign debt, to honor their contractual commitments, and
            because a number of foreign governments and other issuers are
            already in default.

            FOCUS RISK. A strategy of investing in a limited number of
            securities may increase the volatility of the fund's investment
            performance compared to a strategy of investing in a larger number
            of securities.

            FOREIGN INVESTMENT RISK. Foreign investments involve certain
            special risks, including:


            -  POLITICAL RISK. Some foreign governments have limited the
               outflow of profits to investors abroad, imposed restrictions on
               the exchange or export of foreign currency, extended diplomatic
               disputes to include trade and financial relations, seized
               foreign investments and imposed higher taxes.

            -  INFORMATION RISK. Companies based in foreign markets are usually
               not subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting
               standards and practices as stringent as those in the US.
               Therefore, their financial reports may present an incomplete,
               untimely or misleading picture of a company, as compared to the
               financial reports required in the US.

            -  LIQUIDITY RISK. Investments that trade less can be more
               difficult or more costly to buy, or to sell, than more liquid or
               active investments. This liquidity risk is a factor of the
               trading volume of a particular investment, as well as the size
               and liquidity of the entire local market. On the whole, foreign
               exchanges are smaller and less liquid than US exchanges. This
               can make buying and selling certain investments more difficult
               and costly. Relatively small transactions in some instances can
               have a disproportionately large effect on the price and supply
               of securities. In certain situations, it may become virtually
               impossible to sell an investment in an orderly fashion at a
               price that approaches portfolio management's estimate of its
               value. For the same reason, it may at times be difficult to
               value the fund's foreign investments.


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            -  REGULATORY RISK. There is generally less government regulation of
               foreign markets, companies and securities dealers than in the US.


            -  CURRENCY RISK. The fund invests in securities denominated in
               foreign currencies. Changes in exchange rates between foreign
               currencies and the US dollar may affect the US dollar value of
               foreign securities or the income or gain received on these
               securities.

            -  LIMITED LEGAL RECOURSE RISK. Legal remedies for investors may be
               more limited than the legal remedies available in the US.


            -  TRADING PRACTICE RISK. Brokerage commissions and other fees are
               generally higher for foreign investments than for US
               investments. The procedures and rules governing foreign
               transactions and custody may also involve delays in payment,
               delivery or recovery of money or investments.

            -  TAXES. Foreign withholding and certain other taxes may reduce
               the amount of income available to distribute to shareholders of
               the fund. In addition, special US tax considerations may apply
               to the fund's foreign investments.

            INTEREST RATE TRANSACTIONS RISK. A decline in interest rates may
            result in a decline in the value of a swap or cap, which may result
            in a decline in the net asset value of the fund. A sudden and
            dramatic decline in interest rates may result in a significant
            decline in the net asset value of the fund.

            LIQUIDITY RISK. The commodity-linked notes in which the fund will
            invest may be illiquid and, thus, they may be difficult or
            impossible to sell at the time and the price that the fund would
            like. The fund may have to lower the price, sell other securities
            instead or forgo an investment opportunity. Any of these could have
            a negative effect on fund management or performance.

            MANAGEMENT RISK. The fund is subject to management risk because it
            is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Advisor will apply
            investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment
            decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that these
            will produce the desired results. The fund will be subject to a
            relatively high level of management risk because the fund invests
            in derivative products, and


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            commodity-linked derivative products in particular, which may be
            highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques
            and risk analyses different from those associated with stocks and
            bonds.


            NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK. The fund is classified as non-diversified
            under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. This means
            that the fund may invest in securities of relatively few issuers.
            Thus, the performance of one or a small number of portfolio
            holdings can affect overall performance more than if the fund
            invested in a larger number of issuers.


            SECURITY SELECTION RISK. A risk that pervades all investing is the
            risk that the securities in the fund's portfolio may decline in
            value.


            SMALL COMPANY CAPITALIZATION RISK. Small company stocks tend to
            experience steeper price fluctuations than the stocks of larger
            companies. A shortage of reliable information can also pose added
            risk to small company stocks. Industry-wide reversals may have a
            greater impact on small companies, since they lack the financial
            resources of large companies. Small company stocks are typically
            less liquid than large company stocks. Accordingly, it may be
            harder to find buyers for small company shares.

            STOCK MARKET RISK. The fund is affected by how the stock market
            performs. To the extent the fund invests in a particular
            capitalization or market sector, the fund's performance may be
            proportionately affected by that segment's general performance.
            Because a stock represents ownership in its issuer, stock prices
            can be hurt by poor management, shrinking product demand and other
            business risks. These factors may affect single companies as well
            as groups of companies. In addition, movements in financial markets
            may adversely affect a stock's price, regardless of how well the
            company performs. The market as a whole may not favor the types of
            investments the fund makes, which could affect the fund's ability
            to sell them at an attractive price.

            TAX RISK. The treatment of commodity-linked notes, futures and
            certain other derivative instruments for purposes of the fund
            qualifying as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the
            Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") is not
            certain. The fund has obtained private letter rulings from the
            Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") confirming that the income and
            gain arising from certain types of



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            commodity-linked notes in which the fund invests constitute
            "qualifying income" under the Code. Generally, if the
            commodity-linked instruments in which the fund invests are not
            regarded as producing qualifying income, the fund may fail to
            qualify as a RIC. If the fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the fund
            will be subject to federal income tax on its ordinary income and
            capital gains at regular corporate rates (without a deduction for
            distributions to shareholders) which will reduce net asset value
            per share. When distributed, that income would also be taxable to
            shareholders who are subject to current federal income taxation
            with respect to their investment in the fund as a dividend to the
            extent attributable to the fund's earnings and profits.

            A ruling issued by the IRS limits the income derived from certain
            commodity-linked futures and swaps to a maximum of 10% of the
            fund's gross income.



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THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE HISTORY

While a fund's past performance (before and after taxes) isn't necessarily a
sign of how it will do in the future, it can be valuable for an investor to
know.


The bar chart shows how the performance of the fund's Institutional Class
shares has varied from year to year, which may give some idea of risk. The
table on the following page shows how fund performance compares to relevant
index performance (which, unlike fund performance, does not reflect fees or
expenses). The performance of the fund and the index information varies over
time. All figures assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions (in the
case of after-tax returns, reinvested net of assumed tax rates).


The table shows returns for Institutional Class shares on a before-tax and
after-tax basis. After-tax returns are estimates calculated using the
historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not
reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on
an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table.
After-tax returns shown are not relevant for investors who hold their shares
through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts.

DWS Commodity Securities Fund

ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) AS OF 12/31 EACH YEAR - Institutional Class




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 1.60     35.41
2006      2007
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<CAPTION>
2008 TOTAL RETURN AS OF JUNE 30: 23.82%
<S>                                       <C>
FOR THE PERIOD INCLUDED IN THE BAR CHART:
BEST QUARTER: 9.30%, Q3 2007              WORST QUARTER: -10.67%, Q3 2006
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) as of 12/31/2007




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                                              1 YEAR       SINCE INCEPTION*
<S>                                         <C>           <C>
 INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
   Return before Taxes                          35.41            17.89
   Return after Taxes on Distributions          35.41            17.48
   Return after Taxes on Distributions
   and Sale of Fund Shares                      23.06            15.31
 S&P GSCI COMMODITY INDEX
 (reflects no deductions for fees,
 expenses or taxes)                             32.67             8.09
 MSCI WORLD ENERGY INDEX (reflects no
 deductions for fees, expenses or
 taxes)                                         29.79            20.49
 MSCI WORLD MATERIALS INDEX (reflects
 no deductions for fees, expenses or
 taxes)                                         33.24            25.64
 BLENDED INDEX (reflects no deductions
 for fees, expenses or taxes)                   32.45            15.86
</TABLE>




 *   Inception date for the fund was February 14, 2005. Index comparison begins
     on February 28, 2005.


 BLENDED INDEX is composed of 50% S&P GSCI Commodity Index, a composite index
 of commodity sector returns that measures an unleveraged, long-only investment
 in commodities futures that are broadly diversified across the spectrum of
 commodities; 25% of the MSCI World Materials Index, which measures the
 performance of materials equities in developed markets around the world; and
 25% of the MSCI World Energy Index, which measures the performance of energy
 equities in developed markets around the world.


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Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted
above. For more recent performance information, call your financial advisor or
(800) 730-1313 or visit our Web site at www.dws-investments.com.



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RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS assumes that an investor holds fund shares
at the end of the period. The return reflects taxes only on the fund's
distributions and not on a shareholder's gain or loss from selling fund shares.


RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE OF FUND SHARES assumes that an
investor sold his or her fund shares at the end of the period. The return
reflects taxes on both the fund's distributions and a shareholder's gain or
loss from selling fund shares.



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HOW MUCH INVESTORS PAY

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
Institutional Class shares of the fund. This information doesn't include any
fees that may be charged by your financial advisor.



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FEE TABLE
<S>                                    <C>
 SHAREHOLDER FEES, paid directly from your investment
_____________________________________________________________________
 Redemption/Exchange Fee on shares
 owned less than 15 days (as % of
 redemption proceeds)1                             2.00%

 ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES, deducted from fund assets
_____________________________________________________________________
 Management Fee                                    0.95%
 Distribution/Service (12b-1) Fee                 None
 Other Expenses2                                   0.27
 TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES3                  1.22
</TABLE>



1   This fee is charged on all applicable redemptions or exchanges. Please see
   "Policies You Should Know About - Policies about transactions" for further
   information.

2   Includes 0.10% administration fee.


3   Through September 30, 2009, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive
   all or a portion of its management fee and reimburse or pay certain
   operating expenses of the fund to the extent necessary to maintain the
   fund's total annual operating expenses at 1.25% for Institutional Class
   shares, excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes,
   brokerage and interest.

Based on the costs above, this example helps you compare the expenses of the
share class to those of other mutual funds. This example assumes the expenses
above remain the same. It also assumes that you invested $10,000, earned 5%
annual returns, and reinvested all dividends and distributions. This is only an
example; actual expenses will be different.




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXAMPLE                    1 YEAR      3 YEARS      5 YEARS      10 YEARS
<S>                       <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
 Institutional Class        $124         $387         $670       $1,477
</TABLE>




                                             DWS Commodity Securities Fund  | 17
<PAGE>

OTHER POLICIES AND RISKS

           While the previous pages describe the main points of the fund's
           strategy and risks, there are a few other issues to know about:

           -  Although major changes tend to be infrequent, the fund's Board
              could change the fund's investment objective without seeking
              shareholder approval. In addition, the Board will provide
              shareholders with at least 60 days' notice prior to making any
              changes to the fund's 80% investment policy.


           -  As a temporary defensive measure, the fund could shift up to 100%
              of assets into investments such as money market securities. This
              could prevent losses, but, while engaged in a temporary defensive
              position, the fund will not be pursuing its investment objective.
              However, portfolio management may choose not to use these
              strategies for various reasons, even in volatile market
              conditions.


           -  Income is not a primary consideration of the Advisor in selecting
              securities for the fund's portfolio although certain securities
              will generate interest income.


           Secondary risks

           LEVERAGING RISK. Although the fund itself will not be leveraged,
           certain transactions may give rise to a form of leverage. Such
           transactions may include, among others, structured notes, reverse
           repurchase agreements, indexed and inverse floating rate securities,
           swap agreements, futures contracts, loans of portfolio securities,
           and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment
           transactions. The use of derivatives may also create leveraging
           risk. To mitigate leveraging risk, the Advisor will segregate liquid
           assets or otherwise cover the transactions that may give rise to
           such risk. The use of leverage may cause the fund to liquidate
           portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to
           satisfy its obligations or to meet segregation requirements.
           Leverage, including borrowing, may cause the fund to be more
           volatile than if the fund had not been leveraged. This is because
           leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease
           in the value of the fund's portfolio securities.


           PRICING RISK. At times, market conditions may make it difficult to
           value some investments, and the fund may use certain valuation
           methodologies for some of its investments, such as fair value
           pricing. Given the subjective nature of such valuation



18 | Other Policies and Risks
<PAGE>


           methodologies, it is possible that the value determined for an
           investment may be different than the value realized upon such
           investment's sale. If the fund has valued its securities too highly,
           you may pay too much for fund shares when you buy into the fund. If
           the fund has underestimated the price of its securities, you may not
           receive the full market value when you sell your fund shares.


           SECURITIES LENDING RISK. Any loss in the market price of securities
           loaned by the fund that occurs during the term of the loan would be
           borne by the fund and would adversely affect the fund's performance.
           Also, there may be delays in recovery of securities loaned or even a
           loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the
           securities fail financially while the loan is outstanding. However,
           loans will be made only to borrowers selected by the fund's delegate
           after a review of relevant facts and circumstances, including the
           creditworthiness of the borrower.


           For more information

           This prospectus doesn't tell you about every policy or risk of
           investing in the fund.

           If you want more information on the fund's allowable securities and
           investment practices and the characteristics and risks of each one,
           you may want to request a copy of the Statement of Additional
           Information (the back cover tells you how to do this).


           Keep in mind that there is no assurance that the fund will achieve
           its objective.

           A complete list of the fund's portfolio holdings as of the month-end
           is posted on www.dws-investments.com on or after the last day of the
           following month. This posted information is available by fund and
           generally remains accessible at least until the date on which the
           fund files its Form N-CSR or N-Q with the Securities and Exchange
           Commission for the period that includes the date as of which the
           posted information is current. In addition, the fund's top ten
           equity holdings and other fund information is posted on
           www.dws-investments.com as of the calendar quarter-end on or after
           the 15th day following quarter-end. The fund's Statement of
           Additional Information includes a description of the fund's policies
           and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund's
           portfolio holdings.



                                                  Other Policies and Risks  | 19
<PAGE>

WHO MANAGES AND OVERSEES THE FUND


           The investment advisor

           Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the
           "Advisor"), with headquarters at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY
           10154, is the investment advisor for the fund. Under the oversight
           of the Board, the Advisor makes investment decisions, buys and sells
           securities for the fund and conducts research that leads to these
           purchase and sale decisions. The Advisor provides a full range of
           global investment advisory services to institutional and retail
           clients.


           DWS Investments is part of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division
           and, within the US, represents the retail asset management
           activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
           Americas, DIMA and DWS Trust Company.


           Deutsche Asset Management is a global asset management organization
           that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources,
           including hundreds of portfolio managers and analysts and an office
           network that reaches the world's major investment centers. This
           well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide
           variety of experience and investment insight across industries,
           regions, asset classes and investing styles.

           The Advisor is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank
           AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is
           engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment
           management, mutual funds, retail, private and commercial banking,
           investment banking and insurance.


20 | Who Manages and Oversees the Fund
<PAGE>


           MANAGEMENT FEE. The Advisor receives a management fee from the fund.
           Below is the actual rate paid by the fund for the most recent fiscal
           year, as a percentage of the fund's average daily net assets.




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FUND NAME                                      FEE PAID
<S>                                           <C>
  DWS Commodity Securities Fund                  0.95%
</TABLE>




           A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the
           fund's investment management agreement is contained in the
           shareholder report for the semi-annual period ended December 31 (see
           "Shareholder reports" on the back cover).


           Under a separate administrative services agreement between the fund
           and the Advisor, the fund pays the Advisor for providing most of the
           fund's administrative services.


                                         Who Manages and Oversees the Fund  | 21
<PAGE>

Portfolio management


The fund is managed by a team of investment professionals who collaborate to
implement the fund's investment strategy. The team is led by a lead portfolio
manager who is responsible for developing the fund's investment strategy. Each
portfolio manager on the team has authority over all aspects of the fund's
investment portfolio, including, but not limited to, purchases and sales of
individual securities, portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk
assessment, and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with portfolio
holdings.


The following people handle the day-to-day management of the fund:

Theresa Gusman
Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Lead Portfolio Manager of
the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1995.
- Over 23 years of investment industry experience.
- BA, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Terence P. Brennan
Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1999.
- Over 21 years of investment industry experience.
- BA, Fordham University.

Jeffrey Saeger, CFA
Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1996.
- Over 12 years of investment industry experience.
- BS, State University of New York at Fredonia.

The fund's Statement of Additional Information provides additional information
about a portfolio manager's investments in the fund, a description of the
portfolio management compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.


22 | Who Manages and Oversees the Fund
<PAGE>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights are designed to help you understand recent financial
performance. The figures in the first part of the table are for a single share.
The total return figures represent the percentage that an investor in the fund
would have earned (or lost), assuming all dividends and distributions were
reinvested. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the
fund's financial statements, is included in the fund's annual report (see
"Shareholder reports" on the back cover).

DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Institutional Class



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,                                    2008             2007             2006             2005 a
<S>                                                <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------             -
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD                 $  13.12         $  12.56         $  10.37         $   10.00
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         ---------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
  Net investment income (loss)b                        (  .04)             .05              .14               .03
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                6.03              .82             2.20               .34
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         ---------
  TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS                       5.99              .87             2.34               .37
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
Less distributions from:
  Net investment income                                (  .03)          (  .09)          (  .05)                -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
  Net realized gains                                        -           (  .22)          (  .10)                -
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         ---------
  TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS                                  (  .03)          (  .31)          (  .15)                -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
Redemption fees                                           .00***           .00***           .00***            .00***
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         ---------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD                       $  19.08         $  13.12         $  12.56         $   10.37
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         ---------
Total Return (%)                                        45.68          7.25c            22.52c             3.70 c**
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         ---------

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     ---------
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)                     72               12               10               .4
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
Ratio of expenses before expense
reductions (%)                                           1.22             1.36             1.69              3.28*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
Ratio of expenses after expense
reductions (%)                                           1.22             1.26             1.28              1.25*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
Ratio of net investment income
(loss) (%)                                             (  .21)             .46             1.18               .82*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         _________
Portfolio turnover rate (%)                               145              117               80                36*
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         ---------
</TABLE>



a   For the period from February 14, 2005 (commencement of operations) to June
30, 2005.

b   Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

c   Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

*   Annualized

**   Not annualized

***   Amount is less than $.005.

                                                      Financial Highlights  | 23
<PAGE>


HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND

THE FOLLOWING PAGES TELL YOU HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND AND WHAT TO EXPECT AS A
SHAREHOLDER. The following pages also tell you about many of the services,
choices and benefits of being a shareholder. You'll also find information on
how to check the status of your account using the method that's most convenient
for you.

If you're investing directly with DWS Investments, all of this information
applies to you. If you're investing through a "third party provider" - for
example, a workplace retirement plan, financial supermarket or financial
advisor - your provider may have its own policies or instructions and you
should follow those.


You can find out more about the topics covered here by speaking with your
FINANCIAL ADVISOR OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR WORKPLACE RETIREMENT PLAN OR
OTHER INVESTMENT PROVIDER.

<PAGE>

Buying and Selling INSTITUTIONAL CLASS Shares



           You may buy Institutional Class shares through your securities
           dealer or through any financial institution that is authorized to
           act as a shareholder servicing agent ("financial advisor"). Contact
           them for details on how to place and pay for your order. Your
           financial advisor may also receive compensation from the Advisor
           and/or its affiliates. For more information, please see "Financial
           intermediary support payments."

           You may also buy Institutional Class shares by sending your check
           (along with a completed account application) directly to DWS
           Investments Service Company (the "transfer agent"). Your purchase
           order may not be accepted if the fund withdraws the offering of fund
           shares, the sale of fund shares has been suspended or if it is
           determined that your purchase would be detrimental to the interests
           of the fund's shareholders.



           Eligibility requirements

           You may buy Institutional Class shares if you are any of the
           following:

           -  An eligible institution (e.g., a financial institution,
              corporation, trust, estate or educational, religious or
              charitable institution).

           -  An employee benefit plan with assets of at least $50 million.

           -  A registered investment advisor or financial planner purchasing
              on behalf of clients and charging an asset-based or
              hourly fee.

           -  A client of the private banking division of Deutsche Bank AG.

           -  A current or former director or trustee of the Deutsche or DWS
              mutual funds.

           -  An employee, the employee's spouse or life partner and children
              or stepchildren age 21 or younger of Deutsche Bank or its
              affiliates or a subadvisor to any fund in the DWS family of funds
              or a broker-dealer authorized to sell shares in the funds.


                             Buying and Selling Institutional Class Shares  | 25
<PAGE>

           Investment minimum

           Your initial investment must be for at least $1,000,000. There are
           no minimum subsequent investment requirements.

           The minimum initial investment is waived for:


           -  Shareholders with existing accounts prior to August 13, 2004 who
              met the previous minimum investment eligibility requirement.


           -  Investment advisory affiliates of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.,
              DWS funds or Deutsche funds purchasing shares for the accounts of
              their investment advisory clients.

           -  Employee benefit plans with assets of at least $50 million.

           -  Clients of the private banking division of Deutsche Bank AG.

           -  Institutional clients and qualified purchasers that are clients
              of a division of Deutsche Bank AG.


           -  A current or former director or trustee of the Deutsche or DWS
              funds.


           -  An employee, the employee's spouse or life partner and children
              or stepchildren age 21 or younger of Deutsche Bank or its
              affiliates or a subadvisor to any fund in the DWS family of funds
              or a broker-dealer authorized to sell shares of the funds.


           -  Registered investment advisors who trade through platforms
              approved by the Advisor and whose client assets in the aggregate
              meet or, in the Advisor's judgment, will meet within a reasonable
              period of time, the $1,000,000 minimum investment.



           -  Employee benefit plan platforms approved by the Advisor that
              invest in the fund through an omnibus account, and that meet or,
              in the Advisor's judgment, will meet within a reasonable period
              of time, the $1,000,000 minimum investment.

           The fund reserves the right to modify the above eligibility
           requirements and investment minimum at any time. In addition, the
           fund, in its discretion, may waive the minimum initial investment
           for specific employee benefit plans (or family of plans) whose
           aggregate investment in Institutional Class shares of the fund
           equals or exceeds the minimum initial investment amount but where a
           particular account or program may not on its own meet such minimum
           amount.



26 | Buying and Selling Institutional Class Shares
<PAGE>

           How to contact the transfer agent



<TABLE>
<S>                       <C>
  BY PHONE:                (800) 730-1313
  FIRST INVESTMENTS        DWS Investments Service Company
  BY MAIL:                P.O. Box 219210
                          Kansas City, MO 64121-9210
  ADDITIONAL               DWS Investments Service Company
  INVESTMENTS BY          P.O. Box 219210
  MAIL:                   Kansas City, MO 64121-9210
  BY OVERNIGHT MAIL:       DWS Investments Service Company
                          210 West 10th Street
                          Kansas City, MO 64105-1614
</TABLE>



           You can reach the automated information line, 24 hours a day,
           7 days a week by calling (800) 621-1048.



           How to open your account



<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
  MAIL:               Complete and sign the account application that
                     accompanies this prospectus. (You may obtain
                     additional applications by calling the transfer agent.)
                     Mail the completed application along with a check
                     payable to the fund you have selected to the transfer
                     agent. Be sure to include the fund number. The
                     applicable addresses are shown under "How to
                     contact the transfer agent."
  WIRE:               Call the transfer agent to set up a wire account.
  FUND NAME AND       Please use the complete fund name. Refer to the
  FUND NUMBER:       start of "The Fund's Main Investment Strategy" above
                     for the fund number.
</TABLE>




           Please note that your account cannot become activated until we
           receive a completed account application.



           How to BUY and SELL shares

           MAIL:


           BUYING: Send your check, payable to the fund you have selected, to
           the transfer agent. Be sure to include the fund number and your
           account number on your check. If you are investing in more than one
           fund, make your check payable to "DWS Investments" and include your
           account number, the names and numbers of each fund you have
           selected, and the dollar amount or percentage you would like
           invested in each fund. Mailing addresses are shown under "How to
           contact the transfer agent."



                             Buying and Selling Institutional Class Shares  | 27
<PAGE>


           SELLING: Send a signed letter to the transfer agent with your name,
           your fund number and account number, the fund's name, and either the
           number of shares you wish to sell or the dollar amount you wish to
           receive. In certain circumstances, a signature guarantee may be
           required to sell shares of the fund by mail. For information about a
           signature guarantee, see "Signature Guarantee." Unless exchanging
           into another DWS fund, you must submit a written authorization to
           sell shares in a retirement account.


           WIRE:


           BUYING: You may buy shares by wire only if your account is
           authorized to do so. Please note that you or your financial advisor
           must call Institutional Investment Services at (800) 730-1313 to
           notify us in advance of a wire transfer purchase. After you inform
           Institutional Investment Services of the amount of your purchase,
           you will receive a trade confirmation number. Instruct your bank to
           send payment by wire using the wire instructions noted below. All
           wires must be received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern time the next business
           day following your purchase. If your wire is not received by 4:00
           p.m. Eastern time on the next business day after the fund receives
           your request to purchase shares, your transaction will be canceled
           at your expense and risk.




<TABLE>
<S>                <C>
  BANK NAME:        State Street Bank Boston
  ROUTING NO:       011000028
  ATTN:             DWS Investments
  DDA NO:           9903-5552
  FBO:              (Account name) (Account number)
  CREDIT:           (Fund name, Fund number and, if applicable, class
                   name) (see "How to open your account")
</TABLE>



           Refer to your account statement for the account name and number.
           Wire transfers normally take two or more hours to complete. Wire
           transfers may be restricted on holidays and at certain other times.

           SELLING: You may sell shares by wire only if your account is
           authorized to do so. You will be paid for redeemed shares by wire
           transfer of funds to your financial advisor or bank upon receipt of
           a duly authorized redemption request as promptly as feasible. For
           your protection, you may not change the destination bank account
           over the phone. To sell by wire,


28 | Buying and Selling Institutional Class Shares
<PAGE>


           contact your financial advisor or Institutional Investment Services
           at (800) 730-1313. After you inform Institutional Investment
           Services of the amount of your redemption, you will receive a trade
           confirmation number. The minimum redemption by wire is $1,000. We
           must receive your order by 4:00 p.m. Eastern time to wire your
           account the next business day.


           TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS:


           You may place orders to buy and sell over the phone by calling your
           financial advisor or Institutional Investment Services at (800)
           730-1313. If your shares are in an account with the transfer agent,
           you may (1) redeem by check in an amount up to $100,000, or by wire
           (minimum $1,000), or (2) exchange the shares for Institutional
           shares of another DWS fund by calling the transfer agent.

           You may make regular investments from a bank checking account. For
           more information on setting up an automatic investment plan or
           payroll investment plan, call Institutional Investment Services at
           (800) 730-1313.



           Financial intermediary support payments


           The Advisor, DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. (the "Distributor")
           and/or their affiliates may pay additional compensation, out of
           their own assets and not as an additional charge to the fund, to
           selected financial advisors in connection with the sale and/or
           distribution of fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of
           fund investors and fund shares ("revenue sharing"). Such revenue
           sharing payments are in addition to any distribution or service fees
           payable under any Rule 12b-1 or service plan of the fund, any record
           keeping/sub-transfer agency/networking fees payable by the fund
           (generally through the Distributor or an affiliate) and/or the
           Distributor to certain financial advisors for performing such
           services and any sales charge, commissions, non-cash compensation
           arrangements expressly permitted under applicable rules of the
           Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or other concessions
           described in the fee table or elsewhere in this prospectus or the
           Statement of Additional Information as payable to all financial
           advisors. For example, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their
           affiliates may compensate financial advisors for providing the fund
           with "shelf space" or access to a third party platform or fund
           offering list or other marketing programs, including, without
           limitation, inclusion of the fund on preferred or recommended sales
           lists,



                             Buying and Selling Institutional Class Shares  | 29
<PAGE>

           mutual fund "supermarket" platforms and other formal sales programs;
           granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's sales
           force; granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's
           conferences and meetings; assistance in training and educating the
           financial advisor's personnel; and obtaining other forms of
           marketing support.

           The level of revenue sharing payments made to financial advisors may
           be a fixed fee or based upon one or more of the following factors:
           gross sales, current assets and/or number of accounts of the fund
           attributable to the financial advisor, the particular fund or fund
           type or other measures as agreed to by the Advisor, the Distributor
           and/or their affiliates and the financial advisors or any
           combination thereof. The amount of these revenue sharing payments is
           determined at the discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or
           their affiliates from time to time, may be substantial, and may be
           different for different financial advisors based on, for example,
           the nature of the services provided by the financial advisor.


           The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates currently make
           revenue sharing payments from their own assets in connection with
           the sale and/or distribution of DWS Fund shares or the retention
           and/or servicing of investors and DWS Fund shares to financial
           advisors in amounts that generally range from .01% up to .50% of
           assets of the fund serviced and maintained by the financial advisor,
           .05% to .25% of sales of the fund attributable to the financial
           advisor, a flat fee of $13,350 up to $500,000, or any combination
           thereof. These amounts are subject to change at the discretion of
           the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates. Receipt of, or
           the prospect of receiving, this additional compensation may
           influence your financial advisor's recommendation of the fund or of
           any particular share class of the fund. You should review your
           financial advisor's compensation disclosure and/or talk to your
           financial advisor to obtain more information on how this
           compensation may have influenced your financial advisor's
           recommendation of the fund. Additional information regarding these
           revenue sharing payments is included in the fund's Statement of
           Additional Information, which is available to you on request at no
           charge (see the back cover of this prospectus for more information
           on how to request a copy of the Statement of Additional
           Information).



30 | Buying and Selling Institutional Class Shares
<PAGE>


           The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may also make
           such revenue sharing payments to financial advisors under the terms
           discussed above in connection with the distribution of both DWS
           funds and non-DWS funds by financial advisors to retirement plans
           that obtain record keeping services from ADP, Inc. on the DWS
           Investments branded retirement plan platform (the "Platform") with
           the level of revenue sharing payments being based upon sales of both
           the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds by the financial advisor on the
           Platform or current assets of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS
           funds serviced and maintained by the financial advisor on the
           Platform.


           It is likely that broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions
           for the fund will include firms that also sell shares of the DWS
           funds to their customers. However, the Advisor will not consider
           sales of DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of
           broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the DWS funds.
           Accordingly, the Advisor has implemented policies and procedures
           reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of
           DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to
           execute portfolio transactions for the fund. In addition, the
           Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates will not use fund
           brokerage to pay for their obligation to provide additional
           compensation to financial advisors as described above.


POLICIES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT


           Along with the information on the previous pages, the policies below
           may affect you as a shareholder. Some of this information, such as
           the section on distributions and taxes, applies to all investors,
           including those investing through a financial advisor.


           If you are investing through a financial advisor or through a
           retirement plan, check the materials you received from them about
           how to buy and sell shares because particular financial advisors or
           other intermediaries may adopt policies, procedures or limitations
           that are separate from those described by the fund. Please note that
           a financial advisor may charge fees separate from those charged by
           the fund and may be compensated by the fund.


                                            Policies You Should Know About  | 31
<PAGE>

           Keep in mind that the information in this prospectus applies only to
           the shares offered herein. Other share classes are described in
           separate prospectuses and have different fees, requirements and
           services.

           In order to reduce the amount of mail you receive and to help reduce
           expenses, we generally send a single copy of any shareholder report
           and prospectus to each household. If you do not want the mailing of
           these documents to be combined with those for other members of your
           household, please contact your financial advisor or call (800)
           730-1313.


           Policies about transactions

           THE FUND IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS each day the New York Stock Exchange
           is open. The fund calculates its share price for each class every
           business day, as of the close of regular trading on the New York
           Stock Exchange (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, but sometimes
           earlier, as in the case of scheduled half-day trading or unscheduled
           suspensions of trading). You can place an order to buy or sell
           shares at any time.

           To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money
           laundering activities, federal law requires all financial
           institutions to obtain, verify and record information that
           identifies each person who opens an account. What this means to you:
           When you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date
           of birth and other information that will allow us to identify you.
           Some or all of this information will be used to verify the identity
           of all persons opening an account.

           We might request additional information about you (which may include
           certain documents, such as articles of incorporation for companies)
           to help us verify your identity and, in some cases, the information
           and/or documents may be required to conduct the verification. The
           information and documents will be used solely to verify your
           identity.

           We will attempt to collect any missing required and requested
           information by contacting you or your financial advisor. If we are
           unable to obtain this information within the time frames established
           by the fund, then we may reject your application and order.


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           The fund will not invest your purchase until all required and
           requested identification information has been provided and your
           application has been submitted in "good order." After we receive all
           the information, your application is deemed to be in good order and
           we accept your purchase, you will receive the net asset value per
           share next calculated.

           If we are unable to verify your identity within time frames
           established by the fund, after a reasonable effort to do so, you
           will receive written notification.

           With certain limited exceptions, only US residents may invest in the
           fund.

           Because orders placed through a financial advisor must be forwarded
           to the transfer agent before they can be processed, you'll need to
           allow extra time. Your financial advisor should be able to tell you
           approximately when your order will be processed. It is the
           responsibility of your financial advisor to forward your order to
           the transfer agent in a timely manner.

           SUB-MINIMUM BALANCES. The fund may redeem your shares and close your
           account on 60 days' notice if it fails to meet the minimum account
           balance requirement of $1,000,000 for any reason other than a change
           in market value.


           MARKET TIMING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Short-term and excessive
           trading of fund shares may present risks to long-term shareholders,
           including potential dilution in the value of fund shares,
           interference with the efficient management of the fund's portfolio
           (including losses on the sale of investments), taxable gains to
           remaining shareholders and increased brokerage and administrative
           costs. These risks may be more pronounced if the fund invests in
           certain securities, such as those that trade in foreign markets, are
           illiquid or do not otherwise have "readily available market
           quotations." Certain investors may seek to employ short-term trading
           strategies aimed at exploiting variations in portfolio valuation
           that arise from the nature of the securities held by the fund (e.g.,
           "time zone arbitrage"). The fund discourages short-term and
           excessive trading and has adopted policies and procedures that are
           intended to detect and deter short-term and excessive trading.


           Pursuant to its policies, the fund will impose a 2% redemption fee
           on fund shares held for less than a specified holding period
           (subject to certain exceptions discussed below under "Redemption
           fees"). The fund also reserves the right to reject


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           or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason without prior
           notice. For example, the fund may in its discretion reject or cancel
           a purchase or an exchange order even if the transaction is not
           subject to the specific roundtrip transaction limitation described
           below if the Advisor believes that there appears to be a pattern of
           short-term or excessive trading activity by a shareholder or deems
           any other trading activity harmful or disruptive to the fund. The
           fund, through its Advisor and transfer agent, will measure
           short-term and excessive trading by the number of roundtrip
           transactions within a shareholder's account during a rolling
           12-month period. A "roundtrip" transaction is defined as any
           combination of purchase and redemption activity (including
           exchanges) of the same fund's shares. The fund may take other
           trading activity into account if the fund believes such activity is
           of an amount or frequency that may be harmful to long-term
           shareholders or disruptive to portfolio management.

           Shareholders are limited to four roundtrip transactions in the same
           DWS Fund (excluding money market funds) over a rolling 12-month
           period. Shareholders with four or more roundtrip transactions in the
           same DWS Fund within a rolling 12-month period generally will be
           blocked from making additional purchases of, or exchanges into, that
           DWS Fund. The fund has sole discretion whether to remove a block
           from a shareholder's account. The rights of a shareholder to redeem
           shares of a DWS Fund are not affected by the four roundtrip
           transaction limitation, but all redemptions remain subject to the
           fund's redemption fee policy (see "Redemption fees" described
           below).

           The fund may make exceptions to the roundtrip transaction policy for
           certain types of transactions if, in the opinion of the Advisor, the
           transactions do not represent short-term or excessive trading or are
           not abusive or harmful to the fund, such as, but not limited to,
           systematic transactions, required minimum retirement distributions,
           transactions initiated by the fund or administrator and transactions
           by certain qualified funds-of-funds.

           In certain circumstances where shareholders hold shares of the fund
           through a financial intermediary, the fund may rely upon the
           financial intermediary's policy to deter short-term or excessive
           trading if the Advisor believes that the financial intermediary's
           policy is reasonably designed to detect and deter transactions that
           are not in the best interests of the fund. A financial
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           trading may be more or less restrictive than the DWS Funds' policy,
           may permit certain transactions not permitted by the DWS Funds'
           policies, or prohibit transactions not subject to the DWS Funds'
           policies.


           The Advisor may also accept undertakings from a financial
           intermediary to enforce short-term or excessive trading policies on
           behalf of the fund that provide a substantially similar level of
           protection for the fund against such transactions. For example,
           certain financial intermediaries may have contractual, legal or
           operational restrictions that prevent them from blocking an account.
           In such instances, the financial intermediary may use alternate
           techniques that the Advisor considers to be a reasonable substitute
           for such a block.


           In addition, if the fund invests some portion of its assets in
           foreign securities, it has adopted certain fair valuation practices
           intended to protect the fund from "time zone arbitrage" with respect
           to its foreign securities holdings and other trading practices that
           seek to exploit variations in portfolio valuation that arise from
           the nature of the securities held by the fund. (See "How the fund
           calculates share price.")

           There is no assurance that these policies and procedures will be
           effective in limiting short-term and excessive trading in all cases.
           For example, the Advisor may not be able to effectively monitor,
           detect or limit short-term or excessive trading by underlying
           shareholders that occurs through omnibus accounts maintained by
           broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries. The Advisor
           reviews trading activity at the omnibus level to detect short-term
           or excessive trading. If the Advisor has reason to suspect that
           short-term or excessive trading is occurring at the omnibus level,
           the Advisor will contact the financial intermediary to request
           underlying shareholder level activity. Depending on the amount of
           fund shares held in such omnibus accounts (which may represent most
           of the fund's shares) short-term and/or excessive trading of fund
           shares could adversely affect long-term shareholders in the fund. If
           short-term or excessive trading is identified, the Advisor will take
           appropriate action.

           The fund's market timing policies and procedures may be modified or
           terminated at any time.

           REDEMPTION FEES. The fund imposes a redemption fee of 2% of the
           total redemption amount (calculated at net asset value) on all fund
           shares redeemed or exchanged within 15 days of buying them (either
           by purchase or exchange). The redemption


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           fee is paid directly to the fund and is designed to encourage
           long-term investment and to offset transaction and other costs
           associated with short-term or excessive trading. For purposes of
           determining whether the redemption fee applies, shares held the
           longest time will be treated as being redeemed first and shares held
           the shortest time will be treated as being redeemed last.

           The redemption fee is applicable to fund shares purchased either
           directly or through a financial intermediary, such as a
           broker-dealer. Transactions through financial intermediaries
           typically are placed with the fund on an omnibus basis and include
           both purchase and sale transactions placed on behalf of multiple
           investors. These purchase and sale transactions are generally netted
           against one another and placed on an aggregate basis; consequently
           the identities of the individuals on whose behalf the transactions
           are placed generally are not known to the fund. For this reason, the
           fund has undertaken to notify financial intermediaries of their
           obligation to assess the redemption fee on customer accounts and to
           collect and remit the proceeds to the fund. However, due to
           operational requirements, the intermediaries' methods for tracking
           and calculating the fee may be inadequate or differ in some respects
           from the fund's.


           The redemption fee will not be charged in connection with the
           following exchange or redemption transactions: (i) transactions on
           behalf of participants in certain research wrap programs; (ii)
           transactions on behalf of a shareholder to return any excess IRA
           contributions to the shareholder; (iii) transactions on behalf of a
           shareholder to effect a required minimum distribution on an IRA;
           (iv) transactions on behalf of any mutual fund advised by the
           Advisor and its affiliates (e.g., "funds of funds") or, in the case
           of a master/feeder relationship, redemptions by the feeder fund from
           the master portfolio; (v) transactions on behalf of certain
           unaffiliated mutual funds operating as funds of funds; (vi)
           transactions following death or disability of any registered
           shareholder, beneficial owner or grantor of a living trust with
           respect to shares purchased before death or disability; (vii)
           transactions involving hardship of any registered shareholder;
           (viii) systematic transactions with pre-defined trade dates for
           purchases, exchanges or redemptions, such as automatic account
           rebalancing, or loan origination and repayments; (ix) transactions
           involving shares purchased through the reinvestment of dividends or
           other distributions; (x) transactions



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           involving shares transferred from another account in the same fund
           or converted from another class of the same fund (the redemption fee
           period will carry over to the acquired shares); (xi) transactions
           initiated by the fund or administrator (e.g., redemptions for not
           meeting account minimums, to pay account fees funded by share
           redemptions, or in the event of the liquidation or merger of the
           fund); or (xii) transactions in cases when there are legal or
           contractual limitations or restrictions on the imposition of the
           redemption fee (as determined by the fund or its agents in their
           sole discretion). It is the policy of the DWS funds to permit
           approved fund platform providers to execute transactions with the
           funds without the imposition of a redemption fee if such providers
           have implemented alternative measures that are determined by the
           Advisor to provide controls on short-term and excessive trading that
           are comparable to the DWS funds' policies.

           THE AUTOMATED INFORMATION LINE IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY BY
           CALLING (800) 621-1048. You can use our automated phone services to
           get information on DWS funds generally and on accounts held directly
           at DWS Investments.


           QUICKBUY AND QUICKSELL let you set up a link between a DWS fund
           account and a bank account. Once this link is in place, you can move
           money between the two with a phone call. You'll need to make sure
           your bank has Automated Clearing House (ACH) services. Transactions
           take two to three days to be completed and there is a $50 minimum
           and a $250,000 maximum. To set up QuickBuy or QuickSell on a new
           account, see the account application; to add it to an existing
           account, call (800) 730-1313.


           TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS. Generally, you are
           automatically entitled to telephone and electronic transaction
           privileges, but you may elect not to have them when you open your
           account or by contacting Institutional Investment Services at (800)
           730-1313 at a later date.


           Since many transactions may be initiated by telephone or
           electronically, it's important to understand that as long as we take
           reasonable steps to ensure that an order to purchase or redeem
           shares is genuine, such as recording calls or requesting
           personalized security codes or other information, we are not
           responsible for any losses that may occur as a result. For





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The DWS Investments Web site can be a valuable resource for shareholders with
Internet access. Go to WWW.DWS-INVESTMENTS.COM to get up-to-date information,
review balances or even place orders for exchanges.


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           transactions conducted over the Internet, we recommend the use of a
           secure Internet browser. In addition, you should verify the accuracy
           of your confirmation statements immediately after you receive them.

           THE FUND DOES NOT ISSUE SHARE CERTIFICATES.

           WHEN YOU ASK US TO SEND OR RECEIVE A WIRE, please note that while we
           don't charge a fee to send or receive wires, it's possible that your
           bank may do so. Wire transactions are generally completed within 24
           hours. The fund can only send wires of $1,000 or more and accept
           wires of $50 or more.


           THE FUND ACCEPTS PAYMENT FOR SHARES ONLY IN US DOLLARS by a check
           drawn on a US bank, a bank or Federal Funds wire transfer or an
           electronic bank transfer. The fund does not accept third party
           checks. A third party check is a check made payable to one or more
           parties and offered as payment to one or more other parties (e.g., a
           check made payable to you that you offer as payment to someone
           else). Checks should normally be payable to DWS Investments and
           drawn by you or a financial institution on your behalf with your
           name or account number included with the check.


           SIGNATURE GUARANTEE. When you want to sell more than $100,000 worth
           of shares or send proceeds to a third party or to a new address,
           you'll usually need to place your order in writing and include a
           signature guarantee. However, if you want money wired to a bank
           account that is already on file with us, you don't need a signature
           guarantee. Also, generally you don't need a signature guarantee for
           an exchange, although we may require one in certain other
           circumstances.

            A signature guarantee is simply a certification of your signature -
            a valuable safeguard against fraud. You can get a signature
            guarantee from an eligible guarantor institution, including
            commercial banks, savings and loans, trust companies, credit unions,
            member firms of a national stock exchange or any member or
            participant of an approved signature guarantor program. Note that
            you can't get a signature guarantee from a notary public and we must
            be provided the original guarantee.


           SELLING SHARES OF TRUST ACCOUNTS AND BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION
           ACCOUNTS may require additional documentation. Please call (800)
           730-1313 or contact your financial advisor for more information.




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If you ever have difficulty placing an order by phone or Internet, you can send
us your order in writing.


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           MONEY FROM SHARES YOU SELL is normally sent out within one business
           day of when your order is processed (not when it is received),
           although it could be delayed for up to seven days. There are
           circumstances when it could be longer, including, but not limited
           to, when you are selling shares you bought recently by check or ACH
           (the funds will be placed under a 10 calendar day hold to ensure
           good funds) or when unusual circumstances prompt the SEC to allow
           further delays. Certain expedited redemption processes (e.g.,
           redemption proceeds by wire) may also be delayed or unavailable when
           you are selling shares recently purchased or in the event of the
           closing of the Federal Reserve wire payment system. The fund
           reserves the right to suspend or postpone redemptions as permitted
           pursuant to Section 22(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
           Generally, those circumstances are when 1) the New York Stock
           Exchange is closed other than customary weekend or holiday closings;
           2) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted; 3) an
           emergency exists which makes the disposal of securities owned by the
           fund or the fair determination of the value of the fund's net assets
           not reasonably practicable; or 4) the SEC, by order, permits the
           suspension of the right of redemption. Redemption payments by wire
           may also be delayed in the event of a non-routine closure of the
           Federal Reserve wire payment system. For additional rights reserved
           by the fund, please see "Other rights we reserve."


           You may obtain additional information about other ways to sell your
           shares by contacting your financial advisor.

           ACCOUNT STATEMENTS. We or your financial advisor will generally
           furnish you with a written confirmation of every transaction that
           affects your account balance. You will also receive periodic
           statements reflecting the balances in your account.


           How the fund calculates share price

           To calculate net asset value, or NAV, each share class uses the
           following equation:


<TABLE>
<S>                                                     <C> <C>
            TOTAL ASSETS - TOTAL LIABILITIES
           -----------------------------------------    =    NAV
               TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
</TABLE>



           The price at which you buy and sell shares is based on the NAV per
           share next calculated after the order is received by the transfer
           agent.



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           THE FUND CHARGES A REDEMPTION FEE EQUAL TO 2.00% of the value of
           shares redeemed or exchanged within 15 days of purchase. Please see
           "Policies about transactions - Redemption fees" for further
           information.

           WE TYPICALLY VALUE SECURITIES USING INFORMATION FURNISHED BY AN
           INDEPENDENT PRICING SERVICE OR MARKET QUOTATIONS, WHERE APPROPRIATE.
           However, we may use methods approved by the fund's Board, such as a
           fair valuation model, which are intended to reflect fair value when
           pricing service information or market quotations are not readily
           available or when a security's value or a meaningful portion of the
           value of the fund's portfolio is believed to have been materially
           affected by a significant event, such as a natural disaster, an
           economic event like a bankruptcy filing, or a substantial
           fluctuation in domestic or foreign markets that has occurred between
           the close of the exchange or market on which the security is
           principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market) and
           the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In such a case, the fund's
           value for a security is likely to be different from the last quoted
           market price or pricing service information. In addition, due to the
           subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, it is possible
           that the value determined for a particular asset may be materially
           different from the value realized upon such asset's sale. It is
           -expected that the greater the percentage of fund assets that is
           -invested in non-US securities, the more extensive will be the
           -fund's use of fair value pricing. This is intended to reduce the
           fund's exposure to "time zone arbitrage" and other harmful -trading
           practices. (See "Market -timing policies and procedures.")


           TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FUND INVESTS IN SECURITIES THAT ARE TRADED
           PRIMARILY IN FOREIGN MARKETS, the value of its holdings could change
           at a time when you aren't able to buy or sell fund shares. This is
           because some foreign markets are open on days or at times when the
           fund doesn't price its shares. (Note that prices for securities that
           trade on foreign exchanges can change significantly on days when the
           New York Stock Exchange is closed and you cannot buy or sell fund
           shares. Price changes in the securities the fund owns may ultimately
           affect the price of fund shares the next time the NAV is
           calculated.)


           Other rights we reserve

           You should be aware that we may do any of the following:

           -  withdraw or suspend the offering of shares at any time

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            -  withhold a portion of your distributions and redemption proceeds
               for federal income tax purposes if we have been notified by the
               IRS that you are subject to backup withholding or if you fail to
               provide us with the correct taxpayer ID number and certain
               certifications, including certification that you are not subject
               to backup withholding


           -  reject a new account application if you don't provide any
              required or requested identifying information, or for any other
              reason


           -  refuse, cancel, limit or rescind any purchase or exchange order,
              without prior notice; freeze any account (meaning you will not be
              able to purchase fund shares in your account); suspend account
              services; and/or involuntarily redeem your account if we think
              that the account is being used for fraudulent or illegal
              purposes; one or more of these actions will be taken when, at our
              sole discretion, they are deemed to be in the fund's best
              interests or when the fund is requested or compelled to do so by
              governmental authority or by applicable law

           -  close and liquidate your account if we are unable to verify your
              identity, or for other reasons; if we decide to close your
              account, your fund shares will be redeemed at the net asset value
              per share next calculated after we determine to close your
              account (less applicable redemption fee, if any); you may
              recognize a gain or loss on the redemption of your fund shares
              and you may incur a tax liability

           -  pay you for shares you sell by "redeeming in kind," that is, by
              giving you securities (which typically will involve brokerage
              costs for you to liquidate) rather than cash, but which will be
              taxable to the same extent as a redemption for cash; the fund
              generally won't make a redemption in kind unless your requests
              over a 90-day period total more than $250,000 or 1% of the value
              of the fund's net assets, whichever is less


           -  change, add or withdraw various services, fees and account
              policies (for example, we may adjust the fund's investment
              minimums at any time)


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UNDERSTANDING DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES


           The fund intends to distribute to its shareholders virtually all of
           its net earnings. The fund can earn money in two ways: by receiving
           interest, dividends or other income from securities it holds and by
           selling securities for more than it paid for them. (The fund's
           earnings are separate from any gains or losses stemming from your
           own purchase and sale of shares.) The fund may not always pay a
           dividend or other distribution for a given period.


           THE FUND INTENDS TO PAY DIVIDENDS TO SHAREHOLDERS ANNUALLY IN
           DECEMBER. The fund intends to pay distributions from realized
           capital gains annually, usually in December. If necessary, the fund
           may distribute at other times as needed.


           Dividends or distributions declared and payable to shareholders of
           record in the last quarter of a given calendar year are treated for
           federal income tax purposes as if they were received on December 31
           of that year, provided such dividends or distributions are paid by
           the end of the following January.

           For federal income tax purposes, income and capital gains
           distributions are generally taxable to shareholders. However,
           dividends and distributions received by retirement plans qualifying
           for tax exemption under federal income tax laws generally will not
           be taxable.

            YOU CAN CHOOSE HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. You
            can have them all automatically reinvested in fund shares (at NAV),
            all deposited directly to your bank account or all sent to you by
            check, have one type reinvested and the other sent to you by check
            or have them invested in a different fund. Tell us your preference
            on your application. If you don't indicate a preference, your
            dividends and distributions will all be reinvested in shares of the
            fund without a sales charge (if applicable). Distributions are
            treated the same for federal income tax purposes whether you receive
            them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Under the terms
            of employer-sponsored qualified plans, and retirement plans,
            reinvestment (at NAV) is the only option.


           BUYING, SELLING OR EXCHANGING FUND SHARES WILL USUALLY HAVE FEDERAL
           INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU (except in employer-sponsored
           qualified plans, IRAs or other tax-advantaged accounts). Your sale
           of shares may result in a capital


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Because each shareholder's tax situation is unique, ask your tax professional
about the tax consequences of your investments, including any state and local
tax consequences.

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           gain or loss. The gain or loss will be long-term or short-term
           depending on how long you owned the shares that were sold. For
           federal income tax purposes, an exchange is treated the same as a
           sale.


           THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS of the fund's earnings you receive and
           your own fund transactions generally depends on their type:



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 GENERALLY TAXED AT LONG-TERM                           GENERALLY TAXED AT ORDINARY
CAPITAL GAIN RATES:                                   INCOME RATES:
<S>                                                   <C>
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUND
- gains from the sale of                              -  gains from the sale of
  securities held (or treated as                         securities held by the fund for
  held) by the fund for more                             one year or less
  than one year                                       -  all other taxable income
- qualified dividend income
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING FUND
SHARES
- gains from selling fund                             -  gains from selling fund
  shares held for more than                              shares held for one year or
  one year                                               less
</TABLE>


           ANY DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN SECURITIES BY THE FUND MAY BE
           SUBJECT TO FOREIGN WITHHOLDING TAXES. In that case, the fund's yield
           on those securities would generally be decreased. Shareholders
           generally will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction with
           respect to foreign taxes paid by the fund. In addition, any
           investments in foreign securities or foreign currencies may increase
           or accelerate the fund's recognition of ordinary income and may
           affect the timing or amount of the fund's distributions. If you
           invest in the fund through a taxable account, your after-tax return
           could be negatively impacted.


           Investments in certain debt obligations or other securities may
           cause the fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash
           generated by them. Thus, the fund could be required at times to
           liquidate other investments in order to satisfy its distribution
           requirements.

           For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions to
           individuals and other noncorporate shareholders of investment income
           designated by the fund as derived from qualified dividend income are
           eligible for taxation for federal income tax purposes at the more
           favorable long-term capital gain rates. Qualified dividend income
           generally includes



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           dividends received by the fund from domestic and some foreign
           corporations. It does not include income from investments in debt
           securities or, generally, from REITs. In addition, the fund must
           meet certain holding period and other requirements with respect to
           the dividend-paying stocks in its portfolio and the shareholder must
           meet certain holding period and other requirements with respect to
           the fund's shares for the lower tax rates to apply.

           For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, the maximum
           federal income tax rate imposed on long-term capital gains
           recognized by individuals and other noncorporate shareholders has
           been temporarily reduced to 15%, in general, with lower rates
           applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets. For taxable
           years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the maximum long-term
           capital gain rate is scheduled to return to 20%.


           YOUR FUND WILL SEND YOU DETAILED FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION
           EVERY JANUARY. These statements tell you the amount and the federal
           income tax classification of any dividends or distributions you
           received. They also have certain details on your purchases and sales
           of shares.


           IF YOU INVEST RIGHT BEFORE THE FUND PAYS A DIVIDEND, you'll be
           getting some of your investment back as a taxable dividend. You can
           avoid this by investing after the fund pays a dividend. In tax-
           advantaged retirement accounts you generally do not need to worry
           about this.

           CORPORATIONS are taxed at the same rates on ordinary income and
           capital gains but may be eligible for a dividends-received deduction
           for a portion of the income dividends they receive from the fund,
           provided certain holding period and other requirements are met.

           The above discussion summarizes certain federal income tax
           consequences for shareholders who are US persons. If you are a
           non-US person, please consult your own tax advisor with respect to
           the US tax consequences to you of an investment in the fund. For
           more information, see "Taxes" in the Statement of Additional
           Information.



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APPENDIX
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Hypothetical Expense Summary



           Using the annual fund operating expense ratios presented in the fee
           tables in the fund prospectus, the Hypothetical Expense Summary
           shows the estimated fees and expenses, in actual dollars, that would
           be charged on a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund held
           for the next 10 years and the impact of such fees and expenses on
           fund returns for each year and cumulatively, assuming a 5% return
           for each year. The historical rate of return for the fund may be
           higher or lower than 5% and, for money funds, is typically less than
           5%. The tables also assume that all dividends and distributions are
           reinvested. The annual fund expense ratios shown are net of any
           contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements, if any, for the
           period of the contractual commitment. The tables do not reflect
           redemption fees, if any, which may be payable upon redemption. If
           redemption fees were shown, the "Hypothetical Year-End Balance After
           Fees and Expenses" amounts shown would be lower and the "Annual Fees
           and Expenses" amounts shown would be higher. Also, please note that
           if you are investing through a third party provider, that provider
           may have fees and expenses separate from those of the fund that are
           not reflected here. Mutual fund fees and expenses fluctuate over
           time and actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.


           The Hypothetical Expense Summary should not be used or construed as
           an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy or a
           recommendation or endorsement of any specific mutual fund. You
           should carefully review the fund's prospectus to consider the
           investment objectives, risks, expenses and charges of the fund prior
           to investing.


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DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Institutional Class




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              MAXIMUM           INITIAL HYPOTHETICAL                 ASSUMED RATE
           SALES CHARGE:             INVESTMENT:                      OF RETURN:
               0.00%                   $10,000                            5%
                                                              HYPOTHETICAL
             CUMULATIVE        ANNUAL       CUMULATIVE          YEAR-END
           RETURN BEFORE        FUND       RETURN AFTER      BALANCE AFTER      ANNUAL FEES
              FEES AND        EXPENSE        FEES AND           FEES AND            AND
YEAR          EXPENSES         RATIOS        EXPENSES           EXPENSES         EXPENSES
<S>       <C>                <C>          <C>               <C>                <C>
   1            5.00%        1.22%              3.78%       $ 10,378.00        $   124.31
   2           10.25%        1.22%              7.70%       $ 10,770.29        $   129.00
   3           15.76%        1.22%             11.77%       $ 11,177.41        $   133.88
   4           21.55%        1.22%             16.00%       $ 11,599.91        $   138.94
   5           27.63%        1.22%             20.38%       $ 12,038.39        $   144.19
   6           34.01%        1.22%             24.93%       $ 12,493.44        $   149.64
   7           40.71%        1.22%             29.66%       $ 12,965.69        $   155.30
   8           47.75%        1.22%             34.56%       $ 13,455.79        $   161.17
   9           55.13%        1.22%             39.64%       $ 13,964.42        $   167.26
  10           62.89%        1.22%             44.92%       $ 14,492.28        $   173.59
  TOTAL                                                                        $ 1,477.28
</TABLE>




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TO GET MORE INFORMATION

SHAREHOLDER REPORTS - These include commentary from the fund's management team
about recent market conditions and the effects of the fund's strategies on its
performance. They also have detailed performance figures, a list of everything
the fund owns, and its financial statements. Shareholders get these reports
automatically.

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI) - This tells you more about the
fund's features and policies, including additional risk information. The SAI is
incorporated by reference into this document (meaning that it's legally part of
this prospectus).


For a free copy of any of these documents or to request other information about
the fund, call (800) 730-1313, or contact DWS Investments at the address listed
below. The fund's SAI and shareholder reports are also available through the
DWS Investments Web site at www.dws-investments.com. These documents and other
information about the fund are available from the EDGAR Database on the SEC's
Internet site at www.sec.gov. If you like, you may obtain copies of this
information, after paying a copying fee, by e-mailing a request to
publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the SEC at the address listed below. You can
also review and copy these documents and other information about the fund,
including the fund's SAI, at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington,
D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be
obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.




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DWS INVESTMENTS      SEC                     DISTRIBUTOR
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<S>                  <C>                     <C>
PO Box 219210        100 F Street, N.E.      DWS Investments Distributors,
Kansas City, MO      Washington, D.C.        Inc.
64121-9210           20549-0102              222 South Riverside Plaza
WWW.DWS-             WWW.SEC.GOV             Chicago, IL 60606-5808
INVESTMENTS.COM      (800) SEC-0330          (800) 621-1148
(800) 730-1313
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<S>                          <C>                                <C>
SEC FILE NUMBER:
DWS Institutional Funds        DWS Commodity Securities Fund    811-6071
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                                                                      INVESTMENT
                                                             Deutsche Bank Group


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                                OCTOBER 1, 2008








                                   PROSPECTUS
                              ------------------
                                    CLASS S

                         DWS COMMODITY SECURITIES FUND

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not
approve or disapprove these shares or determine whether the information in this
prospectus is truthful or complete. It is a criminal offense for anyone to
inform you otherwise.



                                                                       [Logo]DWS
                                                                      INVESTMENT
                                                             Deutsche Bank Group

<PAGE>

CONTENTS





<TABLE>
<S>      <C>
HOW THE FUND WORKS
  4      The Fund's Main Investment
         Strategy
  8      The Main Risks of Investing in
         the Fund
 15      The Fund's Performance
         History
 17      How Much Investors Pay
 18      Other Policies and Secondary
         Risks
 20      Who Manages and Oversees
         the Fund
 23      Financial Highlights


</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S>      <C>
HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND
 25      How to Buy Class S Shares
 26      How to Exchange or Sell
         Class S Shares
 29      Policies You Should Know
         About
 40      Understanding Distributions
         and Taxes
 44      Appendix
</TABLE>


<PAGE>

HOW THE FUND WORKS

On the next few pages, you'll find information about the fund's investment
objective, the main strategies it uses to pursue that objective and the main
risks that could affect performance.


Whether you are considering investing in the fund or are already a shareholder,
you'll want to LOOK THIS INFORMATION OVER CAREFULLY. You may want to keep it on
hand for reference as well.

CLASS S shares are generally only available to new investors through fee-based

programs of investment dealers that have special agreements with the fund's
distributor, through certain group retirement plans and through certain
registered investment advisors. These dealers and advisors typically charge
ongoing fees for services they provide.


Remember that mutual funds are investments, not bank deposits. They're not
insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Their share
prices will go up and down, and you could lose money by investing in them.


You can find DWS prospectuses on the Internet at WWW.DWS-INVESTMENTS.COM (the
Web site does not form a part of this prospectus).

<PAGE>


<TABLE>
<S>                                  <C>
                                       Class S
  ticker symbol                        SKSRX
    fund number                        2085

    DWS COMMODITY SECURITIES FUND


</TABLE>

            THE FUND'S MAIN INVESTMENT STRATEGY

            The fund's investment objective is capital appreciation.

            The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by focusing on
            commodity-related securities and equity-related securities,
            including commodity-related structured notes and similar
            instruments, that the Advisor believes are undervalued but have
            favorable prospects for appreciation. The fund will measure its
            performance against a benchmark comprised of 25% of the Morgan
            Stanley Capital International ("MSCI") World Energy Index, 25% of
            the MSCI World Materials Index and 50% of the S&P GSCI Commodity
            Index ("S&P GSCI"). The fund is designed for investors who seek to
            diversify their overall portfolios by adding exposure to the
            commodities markets. Of course, there can be no guarantee that the
            fund's investments would not be correlated with traditional
            financial assets under any particular market conditions.

            The fund follows a focused investment approach tending to invest in
            securities of between 40 to 80 issuers, although this number can
            vary depending on market conditions.

            Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80%
            of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in
            equity and other securities of companies in commodity-related
            industries or other investments where the value of the investment
            is linked to changes in commodity prices or a commodity-related
            index, such as commodity-linked structured notes and futures
            contracts. Securities of companies in commodity-related industries
            include common stocks, preferred securities, warrants, convertible
            securities and other equity and commodity-linked securities issued
            by such companies or other investments where the value of the
            investment is linked to changes in commodity prices or a
            commodity-related index, such as commodity-linked structured notes
            and futures contracts. Cash collateral for the fund's


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            holdings of commodity-linked structured notes will be included in
            this 80% test. If the fund invests in structured notes that embody
            a form of leverage, the cash collateral portion of the fund's
            assets could be substantial.


            Commodities are assets that have tangible properties, such as oil,
            metal and agricultural products. Commodity-related industries
            include, but are not limited to (i) those directly engaged in the
            production of commodities, such as minerals, metals, agricultural
            commodities, chemicals, pulp and paper, building materials, oil and
            gas, other energy or other natural resources, and (ii) companies
            that use commodities extensively in their products or provide
            services to commodity-related industries. The Advisor considers a
            company to be in a commodity-related industry if, as determined by
            the Advisor, at least 50% of the company's assets, revenues or net
            income are derived from or related to a commodity-related industry.


            The fund intends to invest in commodity-linked derivative
            instruments, in particular structured notes and futures contracts.
            The fund typically will seek to gain exposure to the commodities
            markets by investing in commodity-linked notes. The fund may also
            seek to replicate the performance of a commodity index or
            structured note by investing in futures contracts. Commodity-linked
            structured notes and other commodity-linked derivative investments
            (other than futures contracts) are hybrid instruments excluded from
            regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act. From time to time, the
            fund may invest in instruments that are regulated under that Act. A
            hybrid instrument is a derivative investment. Its value is derived
            from, or linked to, the value of another investment or asset.
            Hybrid instruments have higher risk of volatility and loss of
            principal.


            S&P GSCI COMMODITY INDEX. The fund intends to invest in derivative
            instruments linked to the performance of the S&P GSCI or a portion
            of the S&P GSCI and, under normal market conditions, between 25%
            and 75% of the fund's assets will be exposed to the performance of
            that index. The S&P GSCI is a composite index of commodity sector
            returns, representing an unleveraged, long-only investment in
            commodity futures that is broadly diversified across a spectrum of
            commodities. The returns are calculated on a fully-collateralized
            basis with full reinvestment.


                                              DWS Commodity Securities Fund  | 5
<PAGE>


            Currently, the S&P GSCI contains 24 commodities from all commodity
            sectors: energy, metals, livestock and agricultural products. This
            broad range of constituent commodities can provide the S&P GSCI
            with a level of diversification both across subsectors and within
            each subsector. This diversity may mitigate the effects of
            individual events, which may have large implications for the
            individual commodity markets, but whose effects may be muted when
            aggregated to the level of the S&P GSCI. Nevertheless, over the
            past 10 years, energy products have represented between
            approximately 50% and 75% of the S&P GSCI.


            The S&P GSCI is "world-production weighted" (i.e., the quantity of
            each commodity in the index is determined by the average quantity
            of production in the last five years of available data). The
            world-production weighting of S&P GSCI is generally updated every
            year. A more detailed description of the S&P GSCI is found in the
            Statement of Additional Information.

            OTHER PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS. The fund will invest globally and may
            invest without limit in securities of non-US issuers. The fund may
            invest in securities of foreign issuers in foreign markets and in
            the form of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European
            Depositary Receipts ("EDRs") and other depositary receipts.

            The fund, under normal market conditions, will invest in securities
            of companies domiciled primarily in developed countries, but the
            fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets in securities of
            companies domiciled in emerging markets countries.


            The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in preferred securities
            of companies in commodity-related industries. The fund will not
            invest more than 20% of its net assets in preferred stock rated
            below investment grade (below investment grade debt securities are
            commonly known as "junk bonds") or unrated securities of comparable
            quality. Securities of non-investment grade quality are regarded as
            having predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to
            the capacity of the issuer of the securities to pay interest and
            repay principal. Due in part to the risk involved in investing in
            securities of below investment grade quality, an investment in the
            fund should be considered speculative.


            The fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
            securities.


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<PAGE>

            SECURITIES LENDING. The fund may lend its investment securities in
            an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to approved
            institutional borrowers who need to borrow securities in order to
            complete certain transactions.


            INVESTMENT PROCESS. The Advisor may determine, based on various
            factors, including changes in supply and demand for a certain
            commodity or commodities, broad economic projections or
            expectations of better relative value than investing in direct
            equity securities, to invest between 25% and 75% of the fund's
            assets in securities linked to physical commodities or an index of
            physical commodities, i.e., commodity-linked structured notes, as
            well as options and futures contracts related to physical
            commodities or commodities indexes. These options and futures
            contracts may be intended as a hedge against a decline in the value
            of portfolio investments or to achieve returns consistent with
            those anticipated to be earned from investments in other
            commodity-related investments.


            Fundamental, valuation-driven equity research is the Advisor's
            primary source of value-added, and stock selection is the Advisor's
            primary performance driver. The Advisor begins with an actionable
            top-down view on the underlying commodities, and based on its
            company-specific knowledge, chooses the securities expected to
            perform best in that environment. The Advisor's top-down analysis
            also assists with switching among early- and late-cycle companies
            and country allocation. Allocation among the energy and materials
            sectors and any industry group within the sectors is an added
            performance driver.


            To enable the fund to achieve its investment objective through
            commodity, economic and investment cycles, the fund's equity
            returns are augmented by reinforcing the Advisor's commodity views
            via exposure to commodity-linked structured notes. The Advisor may
            also anticipate future investments in equities or may seek to
            replicate the performance of a commodity index or structured note
            by investing in options and futures contracts.


            The Advisor may focus on the securities of particular issuers or
            industries within the commodity-related industries in which the
            fund invests, or in particular countries or regions, at different
            times. The Advisor will normally sell a stock when it


                                              DWS Commodity Securities Fund  | 7
<PAGE>

            believes that its price is unlikely to go higher, its fundamentals
            have deteriorated, other investments offer better opportunities or
            in the course of adjusting its emphasis on a given
            commodity-related industry.


            THE MAIN RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

            There are several risk factors that could hurt the fund's
            performance, cause you to lose money or cause the fund's
            performance to trail that of other investments.


            COMMODITY RISK. The fund may invest in equity securities issued by
            companies in commodity-related industries and other securities
            related to such companies. Investment in such securities is subject
            to the risks associated with concentration in securities of issuers
            in commodity-related industries. The stocks of companies in
            commodity-related industries may underperform the stock market as a
            whole. The stock prices of companies in commodity-related
            industries may also experience greater price volatility than other
            types of common stocks. Securities issued by companies in
            commodity-related industries are sensitive to changes in the prices
            of, and in supply and demand for, commodities. The value of
            securities issued by companies in commodity-related industries may
            be affected by changes in overall market movements, changes in
            interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or
            commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease,
            changes in storage costs, embargoes, tariffs, policies of commodity
            cartels and international economic, political and regulatory
            developments. The Advisor's judgments about trends in the prices of
            these securities and commodities may prove to be incorrect.


            COMMODITY-LINKED AND OTHER DERIVATIVES RISK. Derivatives are
            financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the
            value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index (or
            relationship between two indexes). The fund will ordinarily invest
            in commodity-linked derivative instruments, including
            commodity-linked structured notes and futures contracts. The fund
            may also utilize a variety of other derivative instruments with
            respect to securities, interest rates or other assets for
            investment or risk management purposes including, but not limited
            to, swap agreements, options, futures contracts and options on
            futures contracts.


8 | DWS Commodity Securities Fund
<PAGE>

            The fund's use of derivative instruments, including
            commodity-linked derivative instruments, involves risks different
            from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with
            investing directly in securities and other traditional investments.
            Derivatives, including commodity-linked derivative instruments, are
            subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this
            prospectus, such as liquidity risk, security selection risk,
            interest rate transactions risk, credit risk, counterparty risk,
            and management risk. They also involve the risk of mispricing or
            improper valuation, the risk of ambiguous documentation, the risk
            that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate
            perfectly with an underlying asset, interest rate or index, and the
            risk of exposure to the effects of leverage, which could increase
            the fund's exposure to the market and potential losses that it
            could have if it had not entered into these transactions. If the
            fund invests in a derivative instrument, it could lose more than
            the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative
            transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there
            can be no assurance that the fund will engage in these transactions
            to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial.
            Further, there is a risk that the fund will not be able to find a
            suitable counterparty with whom to enter into these transactions.
            The use of derivatives also may increase the amount of taxes
            payable by shareholders.

            The fund's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments
            may subject the fund to special risks that do not apply to all
            derivatives transactions. The value of a commodity-linked
            derivative investment generally is based upon the price movements
            of a physical commodity (such as energy, minerals, or agricultural
            products), a commodity futures contract or commodity index, or
            other economic variable based upon changes in the value of
            commodities or the commodities markets. The value of
            commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes
            in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in
            interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or
            commodity, as described above. Because the performance of
            commodity-linked derivative instruments is linked to the
            performance of underlying commodity prices, these investments are
            subject to market risks that relate to the movement of prices in
            the commodities markets, which may


                                              DWS Commodity Securities Fund  | 9
<PAGE>

            be speculative. Also, a liquid secondary market may not exist for
            the types of commodity-linked derivative instruments the fund buys,
            which may make it difficult for the fund to sell them at an
            acceptable price.

            In addition to the commodity-related risks described above, the
            fund's investments in commodity-linked notes are also subject to
            risks, such as credit, stock market and interest rate transactions
            risks, that in general affect the values of debt securities.
            Therefore, at the maturity of a commodity-linked note, the fund may
            receive more or less principal than it originally invested. The
            fund might receive interest payments on the note that are more or
            less than the stated coupon interest payments.

            CONCENTRATION RISK. The fund concentrates its investments in
            securities related to commodity-related industries. As a result,
            market price movements, regulatory changes, or economic conditions
            affecting companies in these industries will have a significant
            impact on the fund's performance.

            CORRELATION RISK. There is a risk that changes in the value of a
            hedging instrument will not match those of the investment being
            hedged.


            COUNTERPARTY RISK. This is a principal risk for a fund that invests
            in commodity-linked derivative instruments. The fund will be
            subject to credit risk with respect to derivative contracts entered
            into by the fund or held by special purpose or structured vehicles
            in which the fund invests. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or
            otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial
            difficulties, the fund may experience significant delays in
            obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization
            proceeding. The fund may obtain only a limited recovery or may
            obtain no recovery in such circumstances. To partially mitigate
            this risk, the Advisor typically requires that counterparties to
            the fund to certain commodity-linked derivative instruments post
            collateral equivalent to their obligations under the derivative.
            Moreover, the fund typically enters into commodity-linked
            derivative transactions with counterparties whose credit rating is
            investment grade, as determined by a nationally recognized
            statistical rating organization or, if unrated, judged by the
            Advisor to be of comparable quality.



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            CREDIT RISK. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a
            debt security or the other party to an over-the-counter transaction
            will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or
            principal, or otherwise to honor its obligations. The degree of
            this risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit
            rating. This risk is greater with junk and foreign bonds because of
            the difficulties of requiring foreign entities, including issuers
            of sovereign debt, to honor their contractual commitments, and
            because a number of foreign governments and other issuers are
            already in default.

            FOCUS RISK. A strategy of investing in a limited number of
            securities may increase the volatility of the fund's investment
            performance compared to a strategy of investing in a larger number
            of securities.

            FOREIGN INVESTMENT RISK. Foreign investments involve certain
            special risks, including:


            -  POLITICAL RISK. Some foreign governments have limited the
               outflow of profits to investors abroad, imposed restrictions on
               the exchange or export of foreign currency, extended diplomatic
               disputes to include trade and financial relations, seized
               foreign investments and imposed higher taxes.

            -  INFORMATION RISK. Companies based in foreign markets are usually
               not subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting
               standards and practices as stringent as those in the US.
               Therefore, their financial reports may present an incomplete,
               untimely or misleading picture of a company, as compared to the
               financial reports required in the US.

            -  LIQUIDITY RISK. Investments that trade less can be more
               difficult or more costly to buy, or to sell, than more liquid or
               active investments. This liquidity risk is a factor of the
               trading volume of a particular investment, as well as the size
               and liquidity of the entire local market. On the whole, foreign
               exchanges are smaller and less liquid than US exchanges. This
               can make buying and selling certain investments more difficult
               and costly. Relatively small transactions in some instances can
               have a disproportionately large effect on the price and supply
               of securities. In certain situations, it may become virtually
               impossible to sell an investment in an orderly fashion at a
               price that approaches portfolio management's estimate of its
               value. For the same reason, it may at times be difficult to
               value the fund's foreign investments.


                                             DWS Commodity Securities Fund  | 11
<PAGE>

            -  REGULATORY RISK. There is generally less government regulation of
               foreign markets, companies and securities dealers than in the US.


            -  CURRENCY RISK. The fund invests in securities denominated in
               foreign currencies. Changes in exchange rates between foreign
               currencies and the US dollar may affect the US dollar value of
               foreign securities or the income or gain received on these
               securities.

            -  LIMITED LEGAL RECOURSE RISK. Legal remedies for investors may be
               more limited than the legal remedies available in the US.


            -  TRADING PRACTICE RISK. Brokerage commissions and other fees are
               generally higher for foreign investments than for US
               investments. The procedures and rules governing foreign
               transactions and custody may also involve delays in payment,
               delivery or recovery of money or investments.

            -  TAXES. Foreign withholding and certain other taxes may reduce
               the amount of income available to distribute to shareholders of
               the fund. In addition, special US tax considerations may apply
               to the fund's foreign investments.

            INTEREST RATE TRANSACTIONS RISK. A decline in interest rates may
            result in a decline in the value of a swap or cap, which may result
            in a decline in the net asset value of the fund. A sudden and
            dramatic decline in interest rates may result in a significant
            decline in the net asset value of the fund.

            LIQUIDITY RISK. The commodity-linked notes in which the fund will
            invest may be illiquid and, thus, they may be difficult or
            impossible to sell at the time and the price that the fund would
            like. The fund may have to lower the price, sell other securities
            instead or forgo an investment opportunity. Any of these could have
            a negative effect on fund management or performance.

            MANAGEMENT RISK. The fund is subject to management risk because it
            is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Advisor will apply
            investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment
            decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that these
            will produce the desired results. The fund will be subject to a
            relatively high level of management risk because the fund invests
            in derivative products, and


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            commodity-linked derivative products in particular, which may be
            highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques
            and risk analyses different from those associated with stocks and
            bonds.


            NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK. The fund is classified as non-diversified
            under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. This means
            that the fund may invest in securities of relatively few issuers.
            Thus, the performance of one or a small number of portfolio
            holdings can affect overall performance more than if the fund
            invested in a larger number of issuers.


            SECURITY SELECTION RISK. A risk that pervades all investing is the
            risk that the securities in the fund's portfolio may decline in
            value.


            SMALL COMPANY CAPITALIZATION RISK. Small company stocks tend to
            experience steeper price fluctuations than the stocks of larger
            companies. A shortage of reliable information can also pose added
            risk to small company stocks. Industry-wide reversals may have a
            greater impact on small companies, since they lack the financial
            resources of large companies. Small company stocks are typically
            less liquid than large company stocks. Accordingly, it may be
            harder to find buyers for small company shares.

            STOCK MARKET RISK. The fund is affected by how the stock market
            performs. To the extent the fund invests in a particular
            capitalization or market sector, the fund's performance may be
            proportionately affected by that segment's general performance.
            Because a stock represents ownership in its issuer, stock prices
            can be hurt by poor management, shrinking product demand and other
            business risks. These factors may affect single companies as well
            as groups of companies. In addition, movements in financial markets
            may adversely affect a stock's price, regardless of how well the
            company performs. The market as a whole may not favor the types of
            investments the fund makes, which could affect the fund's ability
            to sell them at an attractive price.

            TAX RISK. The treatment of commodity-linked notes, futures and
            certain other derivative instruments for purposes of the fund
            qualifying as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the
            Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") is not
            certain. The fund has obtained private letter rulings from the
            Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") confirming that the income and
            gain arising from certain types of



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            commodity-linked notes in which the fund invests constitute
            "qualifying income" under the Code. Generally, if the
            commodity-linked instruments in which the fund invests are not
            regarded as producing qualifying income, the fund may fail to
            qualify as a RIC. If the fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the fund
            will be subject to federal income tax on its ordinary income and
            capital gains at regular corporate rates (without a deduction for
            distributions to shareholders) which will reduce net asset value
            per share. When distributed, that income would also be taxable to
            shareholders who are subject to current federal income taxation
            with respect to their investment in the fund as a dividend to the
            extent attributable to the fund's earnings and profits.

            A ruling issued by the IRS limits the income derived from certain
            commodity-linked futures and swaps to a maximum of 10% of the
            fund's gross income.



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THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE HISTORY

While a fund's past performance (before and after taxes) isn't necessarily a
sign of how it will do in the future, it can be valuable for an investor to
know.


The bar chart shows how the performance of the fund's Class S shares has varied
from year to year, which may give some idea of risk. The table on the following
page shows how fund performance compares to relevant index performance (which,
unlike fund performance, does not reflect fees or expenses). The performance of
the fund and the index information varies over time. All figures assume
reinvestment of dividends and distributions (in the case of after-tax returns,
reinvested net of assumed tax rates).


The table shows returns for Class S shares on a before-tax and after-tax basis.
After-tax returns are estimates calculated using the historical highest
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of
state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax
situation and may differ from those shown in the table. After-tax returns shown
are not relevant for investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred
arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

DWS Commodity Securities Fund

ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) AS OF 12/31 EACH YEAR - Class S




<TABLE>
<S> <C>       <C>
     1.58     35.31
    2006      2007
</TABLE>







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
2008 TOTAL RETURN AS OF JUNE 30: 23.64%
<S>                                       <C>
FOR THE PERIOD INCLUDED IN THE BAR CHART:
BEST QUARTER: 9.22%, Q3 2007              WORST QUARTER: -10.74%, Q3 2006
</TABLE>




                                             DWS Commodity Securities Fund  | 15
<PAGE>


AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) as of 12/31/2007




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              1 YEAR       SINCE INCEPTION*
<S>                                         <C>           <C>
 CLASS S
   Return before Taxes                          35.31            17.84
   Return after Taxes on Distributions          35.31            17.46
   Return after Taxes on Distributions
   and Sale of Fund Shares                      22.97            15.28
 S&P GSCI COMMODITY INDEX
 (reflects no deductions for fees,
 expenses or taxes)                             32.67             8.09
 MSCI WORLD ENERGY INDEX (reflects no
 deductions for fees, expenses or
 taxes)                                         29.79            20.49
 MSCI WORLD MATERIALS INDEX (reflects
 no deductions for fees, expenses or
 taxes)                                         33.24            25.64
 BLENDED INDEX (reflects no deductions
 for fees, expenses or taxes)                   32.45            15.86
</TABLE>




 *   Inception date for the fund was February 14, 2005. Index comparison begins
     on February 28, 2005.


 BLENDED INDEX is composed of 50% S&P GSCI Commodity Index, a composite index
 of commodity sector returns that measures an unleveraged, long-only investment
 in commodities futures that are broadly diversified across the spectrum of
 commodities; 25% of the MSCI World Materials Index, which measures the
 performance of materials equities in developed markets around the world; and
 25% of the MSCI World Energy Index, which measures the performance of energy
 equities in developed markets around the world.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted
above. For more recent performance information, call your financial advisor or
(800) 728-3337 or visit our Web site at www.dws-investments.com.



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RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS assumes that an investor holds fund shares
at the end of the period. The return reflects taxes only on the fund's
distributions and not on a shareholder's gain or loss from selling fund shares.


RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE OF FUND SHARES assumes that an
investor sold his or her fund shares at the end of the period. The return
reflects taxes on both the fund's distributions and a shareholder's gain or
loss from selling fund shares.



16 | DWS Commodity Securities Fund
<PAGE>

HOW MUCH INVESTORS PAY


The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and
hold fund shares. This information doesn't include any fees that may be charged
by your financial advisor.




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FEE TABLE                                         CLASS S
<S>                                     <C>
 SHAREHOLDER FEES, paid directly from your investment
______________________________________________________________________
 Redemption/Exchange Fee on shares
 owned less than 15 days (as % of
 redemption proceeds)1                              2.00%

 ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES, deducted from fund assets
______________________________________________________________________
 Management Fee                                     0.95%
 Distribution/Service (12b-1) Fees                 None
 Other Expenses2                                    0.53
 TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES                    1.48
 Less Expense Waivers/Expense
 Reimbursements3                                    0.18
 TOTAL NET ANNUAL OPERATING
 EXPENSES3                                          1.30
</TABLE>




1   This fee is charged on applicable redemptions or exchanges. Please see
   "Policies You Should Know About - Policies about transactions" for further
   information.


2   Includes 0.10% administration fee.


3   Through September 30, 2009, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive
   all or a portion of its management fee and reimburse or pay operating
   expenses of the fund to the extent necessary to maintain the fund's total
   annual operating expenses at 1.30% for Class S shares, excluding certain
   expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest.


Based on the costs above (including one year of capped expenses in each
period), this example helps you compare this fund's expenses to those of other
mutual funds. This example assumes the expenses above remain the same. It also
assumes that you invested $10,000, earned 5% annual returns and reinvested all
dividends and distributions and sold all of your shares at the end of each
period. This is only an example; actual expenses will be different.



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXAMPLE        1 YEAR      3 YEARS      5 YEARS      10 YEARS
<S>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
 Class S        $132         $450         $791       $1,753
</TABLE>




                                             DWS Commodity Securities Fund  | 17
<PAGE>

OTHER POLICIES AND SECONDARY RISKS

           While the previous pages describe the main points of the fund's
           strategy and risks, there are a few other issues to know about:

           -  Although major changes tend to be infrequent, the fund's Board
              could change the fund's investment objective without seeking
              shareholder approval. In addition, the Board will provide
              shareholders with at least 60 days' notice prior to making any
              changes to the fund's 80% investment policy.


           -  As a temporary defensive measure, the fund could shift up to 100%
              of assets into investments such as money market securities. This
              could prevent losses, but, while engaged in a temporary defensive
              position, the fund will not be pursuing its investment objective.
              However, portfolio management may choose not to use these
              strategies for various reasons, even in volatile market
              conditions.


           -  Income is not a primary consideration of the Advisor in selecting
              securities for the fund's portfolio although certain securities
              will generate interest income.


           Secondary risks

           LEVERAGING RISK. Although the fund itself will not be leveraged,
           certain transactions may give rise to a form of leverage. Such
           transactions may include, among others, structured notes, reverse
           repurchase agreements, indexed and inverse floating rate securities,
           swap agreements, futures contracts, loans of portfolio securities,
           and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment
           transactions. The use of derivatives may also create leveraging
           risk. To mitigate leveraging risk, the Advisor will segregate liquid
           assets or otherwise cover the transactions that may give rise to
           such risk. The use of leverage may cause the fund to liquidate
           portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to
           satisfy its obligations or to meet segregation requirements.
           Leverage, including borrowing, may cause the fund to be more
           volatile than if the fund had not been leveraged. This is because
           leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease
           in the value of the fund's portfolio securities.


           PRICING RISK. At times, market conditions may make it difficult to
           value some investments, and the fund may use certain valuation
           methodologies for some of its investments, such as fair value
           pricing. Given the subjective nature of such valuation



18 | Other Policies and Secondary Risks
<PAGE>


           methodologies, it is possible that the value determined for an
           investment may be different than the value realized upon such
           investment's sale. If the fund has valued its securities too highly,
           you may pay too much for fund shares when you buy into the fund. If
           the fund has underestimated the price of its securities, you may not
           receive the full market value when you sell your fund shares.


           SECURITIES LENDING RISK. Any loss in the market price of securities
           loaned by the fund that occurs during the term of the loan would be
           borne by the fund and would adversely affect the fund's performance.
           Also, there may be delays in recovery of securities loaned or even a
           loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the
           securities fail financially while the loan is outstanding. However,
           loans will be made only to borrowers selected by the fund's delegate
           after a review of relevant facts and circumstances, including the
           creditworthiness of the borrower.


           For more information

           This prospectus doesn't tell you about every policy or risk of
           investing in the fund.

           If you want more information on the fund's allowable securities and
           investment practices and the characteristics and risks of each one,
           you may want to request a copy of the Statement of Additional
           Information (the back cover tells you how to do this).


           Keep in mind that there is no assurance that the fund will achieve
           its objective.

           A complete list of the fund's portfolio holdings as of the month-end
           is posted on www.dws-investments.com on or after the last day of the
           following month. This posted information is available by fund and
           generally remains accessible at least until the date on which the
           fund files its Form N-CSR or N-Q with the Securities and Exchange
           Commission for the period that includes the date as of which the
           posted information is current. In addition, the fund's top ten
           equity holdings and other fund information is posted on
           www.dws-investments.com as of the calendar quarter-end on or after
           the 15th day following quarter-end. The fund's Statement of
           Additional Information includes a description of the fund's policies
           and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund's
           portfolio holdings.



                                        Other Policies and Secondary Risks  | 19
<PAGE>

WHO MANAGES AND OVERSEES THE FUND


           The investment advisor

           Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the
           "Advisor"), with headquarters at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY
           10154, is the investment advisor for the fund. Under the oversight
           of the Board, the Advisor makes investment decisions, buys and sells
           securities for the fund and conducts research that leads to these
           purchase and sale decisions. The Advisor provides a full range of
           global investment advisory services to institutional and retail
           clients.


           DWS Investments is part of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division
           and, within the US, represents the retail asset management
           activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
           Americas, DIMA and DWS Trust Company.


           Deutsche Asset Management is a global asset management organization
           that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources,
           including hundreds of portfolio managers and analysts and an office
           network that reaches the world's major investment centers. This
           well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide
           variety of experience and investment insight across industries,
           regions, asset classes and investing styles.

           The Advisor is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank
           AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is
           engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment
           management, mutual funds, retail, private and commercial banking,
           investment banking and insurance.


20 | Who Manages and Oversees the Fund
<PAGE>


           MANAGEMENT FEE. The Advisor receives a management fee from the fund.
           Below is the actual rate paid by the fund for the most recent fiscal
           year, as a percentage of the fund's average daily net assets.




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FUND NAME                                      FEE PAID
<S>                                           <C>
  DWS Commodity Securities Fund                  0.95%
</TABLE>




           A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the
           fund's investment management agreement is contained in the
           shareholder report for the semi-annual period ended December 31 (see
           "Shareholder reports" on the back cover).


           Under a separate administrative services agreement between the fund
           and the Advisor, the fund pays the Advisor for providing most of the
           fund's administrative services.


                                         Who Manages and Oversees the Fund  | 21
<PAGE>

Portfolio management


The fund is managed by a team of investment professionals who collaborate to
implement the fund's investment strategy. The team is led by a lead portfolio
manager who is responsible for developing the fund's investment strategy. Each
portfolio manager on the team has authority over all aspects of the fund's
investment portfolio, including, but not limited to, purchases and sales of
individual securities, portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk
assessment, and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with portfolio
holdings.


The following people handle the day-to-day management of the fund:

Theresa Gusman
Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Lead Portfolio Manager of
the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1995.
- Over 23 years of investment industry experience.
- BA, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Terence P. Brennan
Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1999.
- Over 21 years of investment industry experience.
- BA, Fordham University.

Jeffrey Saeger, CFA
Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.
- Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1996.
- Over 12 years of investment industry experience.
- BS, State University of New York at Fredonia.

The fund's Statement of Additional Information provides additional information
about a portfolio manager's investments in the fund, a description of the
portfolio management compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.


22 | Who Manages and Oversees the Fund
<PAGE>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights are designed to help you understand recent financial
performance. The figures in the first part of the table are for a single share.
The total return figures represent the percentage that an investor in the fund
would have earned (or lost), assuming all dividends and distributions were
reinvested. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the
fund's financial statements, is included in the fund's annual report (see
"Shareholder reports" on the back cover).

DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class S



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,                                    2008             2007             2006             2005 a
<S>                                                <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            -
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD                 $  13.13         $  12.57         $  10.37         $  10.00
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
  Net investment income (loss)b                        (  .05)             .04              .13              .03
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                6.02              .82             2.21              .34
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
  TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS                       5.97              .86             2.34              .37
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Less distributions from:
  Net investment income                                (  .01)          (  .08)          (  .04)               -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
  Net realized gains                                        -           (  .22)          (  .10)               -
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
  TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS                                  (  .01)          (  .30)          (  .14)               -
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Redemption fees                                           .00***           .00***           .00***           .00***
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD                       $  19.09         $  13.13         $  12.57         $  10.37
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
Total Return (%)c                                       45.50             7.12            22.50             3.70**
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     --------
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)                     34               14               10                2
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses before expense
reductions (%)                                           1.48             1.57             2.06             3.69*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of expenses after expense
reductions (%)                                           1.32             1.36             1.39             1.35*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Ratio of net investment income
(loss) (%)                                             (  .31)             .36             1.07              .72*
________________________________________________     ________         ________         ________         ________
Portfolio turnover rate (%)                               145              117               80               36*
------------------------------------------------     --------         --------         --------         --------
</TABLE>



a   For the period from February 14, 2005 (commencement of operations) to June
30, 2005.

b   Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

c   Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

*   Annualized

**   Not annualized

***   Amount is less than $.005.

                                                      Financial Highlights  | 23
<PAGE>


HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND

THE FOLLOWING PAGES TELL YOU HOW TO INVEST IN THE FUND AND WHAT TO EXPECT AS A
SHAREHOLDER. The following pages also tell you about many of the services,
choices and benefits of being a shareholder. You'll also find information on
how to check the status of your account using the method that's most convenient
for you.

If you're investing directly with DWS Investments, all of this information
applies to you. If you're investing through a "third party provider" - for
example, a workplace retirement plan, financial supermarket or financial
advisor - your provider may have its own policies or instructions and you
should follow those.


Please remember, CLASS S shares are generally only available to new investors
through fee-based programs of investment dealers that have special agreements
with the fund's distributor, through certain group retirement plans and through
certain registered investment advisors. These dealers and advisors typically
charge ongoing fees for services they provide.

You can find out more about the topics covered here by speaking with your
FINANCIAL ADVISOR OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR WORKPLACE RETIREMENT PLAN OR
OTHER INVESTMENT PROVIDER.

<PAGE>


How to BUY Class S Shares





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 FIRST INVESTMENT                              ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
<S>                                           <C>
 $2,500 or more for regular accounts           $50 or more for regular accounts and
 $1,000 or more for IRAs and UTMAs/           IRAs
 UGMAs                                        $50 or more for an account with an
 $1,000 or more for an account with an        Automatic Investment Plan
 Automatic Investment Plan
 BY MAIL OR EXPRESS MAIL (SEE BELOW)
                                              Send a DWS Investments investment
 -  Fill out and sign an application
                                              slip or short note that includes:
 -  Send it to us at the appropriate
                                              -  fund and class name
  address, along with an investment
  check made payable to "DWS                  -  account number
  Investments"                                -  check made payable to "DWS
                                              Investments"
 BY WIRE
 -  Call (800) 728-3337 for instructions      -  Call (800) 728-3337 for instructions
 BY PHONE
 Not available                                -  Call (800) 728-3337 for instructions
 WITH AN AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
 -  Fill in the information on our            -  To set up regular investments from a
  application including a check for the       bank checking account, call
  initial investment and a voided check       (800) 728-3337 (minimum $50)
 USING QuickBuy
 Not available                                -  Call (800) 728-3337 to make sure
                                              QuickBuy is set up on your account; if
                                              it is, you can request a transfer from
                                              your bank account of any amount
                                              between $50 and $250,000
 ON THE INTERNET
 -  Register at                               -  Call (800) 728-3337 to ensure you have
  www.dws-investments.com or log in if        electronic services
  already registered                          -  Register at www.dws-
 -  Print out a prospectus and a new          investments.com
  account application                         or log in if already registered
 -  Complete and return the application       -  Follow the instructions for buying
  with your check                             shares with money from your bank
                                              account
</TABLE>



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REGULAR MAIL:


First Investment: DWS Investments, PO Box 219356, Kansas City, MO 64121-9356
Additional Investments: DWS Investments, PO Box 219154, Kansas City, MO
64121-9154

EXPRESS, REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL:
DWS Investments, 210 West 10th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105-1614



                                                 How to Buy Class S Shares  | 25
<PAGE>


How to EXCHANGE or SELL Class S Shares





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 EXCHANGING INTO ANOTHER FUND                    SELLING SHARES
<S>                                             <C>
                                                 Some transactions, including most for
 -  Exchanges into existing accounts:
                                                over $100,000, can only be ordered in
  $50 minimum per fund
                                                writing with a signature guarantee;
 -  Exchanges into new accounts:
                                                please see "Signature Guarantee"
  $2,500 minimum per fund
  $1,000 minimum for IRAs and UTMAs/
  UGMAs
 BY PHONE                                        BY PHONE OR WIRE
 -  Call (800) 728-3337 for instructions        -  Call (800) 728-3337 for instructions
 USING THE AUTOMATED INFORMATION LINE
 -  Call (800) 728-3337 for instructions        -  Call (800) 728-3337 for instructions
 BY MAIL OR EXPRESS MAIL
 (see previous page for address)
 Your instructions should include:              Your instructions should include:
 -  the fund, class and account number          -  the fund, class and account number
  you're exchanging out of                      from which you want to sell shares
 -  the dollar amount or number of shares       -  the dollar amount or number of shares
  you want to exchange                          you want to sell
 -  the name and class of the fund you          -  your name(s), signature(s) and
  want to exchange into                         address, as they appear on your
                                                account
 -  your name(s), signature(s) and
  address, as they appear on your               -  a daytime telephone number
  account
 -  a daytime telephone number
 WITH AN AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE PLAN                 WITH AN AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN
 -  To set up regular exchanges from a          -  To set up regular cash payments from
  fund account, call (800) 728-3337             a DWS fund account, call
                                                (800) 728-3337
 USING QuickSell
 Not available                                  -  Call (800) 728-3337 to make sure
                                                QuickSell is set up on your account; if
                                                it is, you can request a transfer to your
                                                bank account of any amount between
                                                $50 and $250,000
 ON THE INTERNET
 -  Register at www.dws-                        -  Register at www.dws-
  investments.com or log in if already          investments.com or log in if already
  registered                                    registered
 -  Follow the instructions for making on-      -  Follow the instructions for making on-
  line exchanges                                line redemptions
</TABLE>



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


<TABLE>
<S>               <C>
TO REACH US:      WEB SITE: www.dws-investments.com
                  TELEPHONE REPRESENTATIVE: (800) 728-3337, M-F, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET
                  TDD LINE: (800) 972-3006, M-F, 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. ET
</TABLE>




26 | How to Sell or Exchange Class S Shares
<PAGE>

           Financial intermediary support payments


           The Advisor, DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. (the "Distributor")
           and/or their affiliates may pay additional compensation, out of
           their own assets and not as an additional charge to the fund, to
           selected financial advisors in connection with the sale and/or
           distribution of fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of
           fund investors and fund shares ("revenue sharing"). Such revenue
           sharing payments are in addition to any distribution or service fees
           payable under any Rule 12b-1 or service plan of the fund, any record
           keeping/sub-transfer agency/networking fees payable by the fund
           (generally through the Distributor or an affiliate) and/or the
           Distributor to certain financial advisors for performing such
           services and any sales charge, commissions, non-cash compensation
           arrangements expressly permitted under applicable rules of the
           Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or other concessions
           described in the fee table or elsewhere in this prospectus or the
           Statement of Additional Information as payable to all financial
           advisors. For example, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their
           affiliates may compensate financial advisors for providing the fund
           with "shelf space" or access to a third party platform or fund
           offering list or other marketing programs, including, without
           limitation, inclusion of the fund on preferred or recommended sales
           lists, mutual fund "supermarket" platforms and other formal sales
           programs; granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's
           sales force; granting the Distributor access to the financial
           advisor's conferences and meetings; assistance in training and
           educating the financial advisor's personnel; and obtaining other
           forms of marketing support.


           The level of revenue sharing payments made to financial advisors may
           be a fixed fee or based upon one or more of the following factors:
           gross sales, current assets and/or number of accounts of the fund
           attributable to the financial advisor, the particular fund or fund
           type or other measures as agreed to by the Advisor, the Distributor
           and/or their affiliates and the financial advisors or any
           combination thereof. The amount of these revenue sharing payments is
           determined at the discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or
           their affiliates from time to time, may be substantial, and may be
           different for different financial advisors based on, for example,
           the nature of the services provided by the financial advisor.


                                    How to Sell or Exchange Class S Shares  | 27
<PAGE>


           The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates currently make
           revenue sharing payments from their own assets in connection with
           the sale and/or distribution of DWS Fund shares or the retention
           and/or servicing of investors and DWS Fund shares to financial
           advisors in amounts that generally range from .01% up to .50% of
           assets of the fund serviced and maintained by the financial advisor,
           .05% to .25% of sales of the fund attributable to the financial
           advisor, a flat fee of $13,350 up to $500,000, or any combination
           thereof. These amounts are subject to change at the discretion of
           the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates. Receipt of, or
           the prospect of receiving, this additional compensation may
           influence your financial advisor's recommendation of the fund or of
           any particular share class of the fund. You should review your
           financial advisor's compensation disclosure and/or talk to your
           financial advisor to obtain more information on how this
           compensation may have influenced your financial advisor's
           recommendation of the fund. Additional information regarding these
           revenue sharing payments is included in the fund's Statement of
           Additional Information, which is available to you on request at no
           charge (see the back cover of this prospectus for more information
           on how to request a copy of the Statement of Additional
           Information).

           The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may also make
           such revenue sharing payments to financial advisors under the terms
           discussed above in connection with the distribution of both DWS
           funds and non-DWS funds by financial advisors to retirement plans
           that obtain record keeping services from ADP, Inc. on the DWS
           Investments branded retirement plan platform (the "Platform") with
           the level of revenue sharing payments being based upon sales of both
           the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds by the financial advisor on the
           Platform or current assets of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS
           funds serviced and maintained by the financial advisor on the
           Platform.


           It is likely that broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions
           for the fund will include firms that also sell shares of the DWS
           funds to their customers. However, the Advisor will not consider
           sales of DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of
           broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the DWS funds.
           Accordingly, the Advisor has implemented policies and procedures
           reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of
           DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of


28 | How to Sell or Exchange Class S Shares
<PAGE>

           broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the fund. In
           addition, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates will
           not use fund brokerage to pay for their obligation to provide
           additional compensation to financial advisors as described above.


POLICIES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT


           Along with the information on the previous pages, the policies below
           may affect you as a shareholder. Some of this information, such as
           the section on distributions and taxes, applies to all investors,
           including those investing through a financial advisor.


           If you are investing through a financial advisor or through a
           retirement plan, check the materials you received from them about
           how to buy and sell shares because particular financial advisors or
           other intermediaries may adopt policies, procedures or limitations
           that are separate from those described by the fund. Please note that
           a financial advisor may charge fees separate from those charged by
           the fund and may be compensated by the fund.

           Keep in mind that the information in this prospectus applies only to
           the shares offered herein. Other share classes are described in
           separate prospectuses and have different fees, requirements and
           services.

           In order to reduce the amount of mail you receive and to help reduce
           expenses, we generally send a single copy of any shareholder report
           and prospectus to each household. If you do not want the mailing of
           these documents to be combined with those for other members of your
           household, please contact your financial advisor or call (800)
           728-3337.


           Policies about transactions


           THE FUND IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS each day the New York Stock Exchange
           is open. The fund calculates its share price for each class every
           business day, as of the close of regular trading on the New York
           Stock Exchange (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, but sometimes
           earlier, as in the case of scheduled half-day trading or unscheduled
           suspensions of trading). You can place an order to buy or sell
           shares at any time.



THE FOLLOWING SIDEBAR TEXT APPEARS NEXT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS

Questions? You can speak to a DWS Investments representative between 9 a.m. and
6 p.m. Eastern time on any fund business day by calling (800) 728-3337.

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           To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money
           laundering activities, federal law requires all financial
           institutions to obtain, verify and record information that
           identifies each person who opens an account. What this means to you:
           When you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date
           of birth and other information that will allow us to identify you.
           Some or all of this information will be used to verify the identity
           of all persons opening an account.

           We might request additional information about you (which may include
           certain documents, such as articles of incorporation for companies)
           to help us verify your identity and, in some cases, the information
           and/or documents may be required to conduct the verification. The
           information and documents will be used solely to verify your
           identity.

           We will attempt to collect any missing required and requested
           information by contacting you or your financial advisor. If we are
           unable to obtain this information within the time frames established
           by the fund, then we may reject your application and order.

           The fund will not invest your purchase until all required and
           requested identification information has been provided and your
           application has been submitted in "good order." After we receive all
           the information, your application is deemed to be in good order and
           we accept your purchase, you will receive the net asset value per
           share next calculated.

           If we are unable to verify your identity within time frames
           established by the fund, after a reasonable effort to do so, you
           will receive written notification.

           With certain limited exceptions, only US residents may invest in the
           fund.

           Because orders placed through a financial advisor must be forwarded
           to the transfer agent before they can be processed, you'll need to
           allow extra time. Your financial advisor should be able to tell you
           approximately when your order will be processed. It is the
           responsibility of your financial advisor to forward your order to
           the transfer agent in a timely manner.


           INITIAL PURCHASE MINIMUMS. The minimum initial investment is $2,500,
           except for investments on behalf of participants in certain
           fee-based and wrap programs offered through certain financial
           intermediaries approved by the Advisor, for which there is no
           minimum initial investment; and fiduciary accounts such as



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           IRAs and custodial accounts such as Uniform Gifts to Minors Act and
           Uniform Transfers to Minors Act accounts for which the minimum
           initial investment is $1,000 per account. In addition, the minimum
           initial investment is $1,000 if an automatic investment plan of $50
           per month is established. Group retirement plans and certain other
           accounts have similar or lower minimum share balance requirements.


           SUB-MINIMUM BALANCES. The fund may close your account and send you
           the proceeds if your balance falls below $2,500 ($1,000 with an
           Automatic Investment Plan funded with $50 or more per month in
           subsequent investments); $250 for retirement accounts. We will give
           you 60 days' notice (90 days for retirement accounts) so you can
           either increase your balance or close your account (these policies
           don't apply to investors with $100,000 or more in DWS fund shares,
           investors in certain fee-based and wrap programs offered through
           certain financial intermediaries approved by the Advisor, or group
           retirement plans and certain other accounts having lower minimum
           share balance requirements).

           Because of the high cost of servicing accounts with low balances, an
           account maintenance fee of $6.25 per quarter (for a $25 annual fee)
           will be assessed on accounts whose balances fail to meet the minimum
           initial investment requirement for a period of 90 days prior to the
           assessment date. The quarterly assessment will occur on or about the
           15th of the last month in each calendar quarter. Please note that
           the fee will be assessed on accounts that fall below the minimum for
           any reason, including due to market value fluctuations, redemptions
           or exchanges. The account maintenance fee will apply to all
           shareholders of the DWS Funds except for: accounts with an automatic
           investment plan, accounts held in an omnibus account through a
           financial services firm, accounts maintained on behalf of
           participants in certain fee based and wrap programs offered through
           certain financial intermediaries approved by the Advisor and
           participant level accounts in group retirement plans held on the
           records of a retirement plan record keeper.


           SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS. The minimum subsequent investment is $50.
           However, there is no minimum investment requirement for subsequent
           investments on behalf of participants in certain fee-based and wrap
           programs offered through certain financial intermediaries approved
           by the Advisor.


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           MARKET TIMING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Short-term and excessive
           trading of fund shares may present risks to long-term shareholders,
           including potential dilution in the value of fund shares,
           interference with the efficient management of the fund's portfolio
           (including losses on the sale of investments), taxable gains to
           remaining shareholders and increased brokerage and administrative
           costs. These risks may be more pronounced if the fund invests in
           certain securities, such as those that trade in foreign markets, are
           illiquid or do not otherwise have "readily available market
           quotations." Certain investors may seek to employ short-term trading
           strategies aimed at exploiting variations in portfolio valuation
           that arise from the nature of the securities held by the fund (e.g.,
           "time zone arbitrage"). The fund discourages short-term and
           excessive trading and has adopted policies and procedures that are
           intended to detect and deter short-term and excessive trading.

           Pursuant to its policies, the fund will impose a 2% redemption fee
           on fund shares held for less than a specified holding period
           (subject to certain exceptions discussed below under "Redemption
           fees"). The fund also reserves the right to reject or cancel a
           purchase or exchange order for any reason without prior notice. For
           example, the fund may in its discretion reject or cancel a purchase
           or an exchange order even if the transaction is not subject to the
           specific roundtrip transaction limitation described below if the
           Advisor believes that there appears to be a pattern of short-term or
           excessive trading activity by a shareholder or deems any other
           trading activity harmful or disruptive to the fund. The fund,
           through its Advisor and transfer agent, will measure short-term and
           excessive trading by the number of roundtrip transactions within a
           shareholder's account during a rolling 12-month period. A
           "roundtrip" transaction is defined as any combination of purchase
           and redemption activity (including exchanges) of the same fund's
           shares. The fund may take other trading activity into account if the
           fund believes such activity is of an amount or frequency that may be
           harmful to long-term shareholders or disruptive to portfolio
           management.


           Shareholders are limited to four roundtrip transactions in the same
           DWS Fund (excluding money market funds) over a rolling 12-month
           period. Shareholders with four or more roundtrip transactions in the
           same DWS Fund within a rolling 12-month period generally will be
           blocked from making additional purchases of, or exchanges into, that
           DWS Fund. The fund has sole discretion whether to remove a block
           from a shareholder's


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           account. The rights of a shareholder to redeem shares of a DWS Fund
           are not affected by the four roundtrip transaction limitation, but
           all redemptions remain subject to the fund's redemption fee policy
           (see "Redemption fees" described below).

           The fund may make exceptions to the roundtrip transaction policy for
           certain types of transactions if, in the opinion of the Advisor, the
           transactions do not represent short-term or excessive trading or are
           not abusive or harmful to the fund, such as, but not limited to,
           systematic transactions, required minimum retirement distributions,
           transactions initiated by the fund or administrator and transactions
           by certain qualified funds-of-funds.

           In certain circumstances where shareholders hold shares of the fund
           through a financial intermediary, the fund may rely upon the
           financial intermediary's policy to deter short-term or excessive
           trading if the Advisor believes that the financial intermediary's
           policy is reasonably designed to detect and deter transactions that
           are not in the best interests of the fund. A financial
           intermediary's policy relating to short-term or excessive trading
           may be more or less restrictive than the DWS Funds' policy, may
           permit certain transactions not permitted by the DWS Funds'
           policies, or prohibit transactions not subject to the DWS Funds'
           policies.

           The Advisor may also accept undertakings from a financial
           intermediary to enforce short-term or excessive trading policies on
           behalf of the fund that provide a substantially similar level of
           protection for the fund against such transactions. For example,
           certain financial intermediaries may have contractual, legal or
           operational restrictions that prevent them from blocking an account.
           In such instances, the financial intermediary may use alternate
           techniques that the Advisor considers to be a reasonable substitute
           for such a block.


           In addition, if the fund invests some portion of its assets in
           foreign securities, it has adopted certain fair valuation practices
           intended to protect the fund from "time zone arbitrage" with respect
           to its foreign securities holdings and other trading practices that
           seek to exploit variations in portfolio valuation that arise from
           the nature of the securities held by the fund. (See "How the fund
           calculates share price.")


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           There is no assurance that these policies and procedures will be
           effective in limiting short-term and excessive trading in all cases.
           For example, the Advisor may not be able to effectively monitor,
           detect or limit short-term or excessive trading by underlying
           shareholders that occurs through omnibus accounts maintained by
           broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries. The Advisor
           reviews trading activity at the omnibus level to detect short-term
           or excessive trading. If the Advisor has reason to suspect that
           short-term or excessive trading is occurring at the omnibus level,
           the Advisor will contact the financial intermediary to request
           underlying shareholder level activity. Depending on the amount of
           fund shares held in such omnibus accounts (which may represent most
           of the fund's shares) short-term and/or excessive trading of fund
           shares could adversely affect long-term shareholders in the fund. If
           short-term or excessive trading is identified, the Advisor will take
           appropriate action.

           The fund's market timing policies and procedures may be modified or
           terminated at any time.

           REDEMPTION FEES. The fund imposes a redemption fee of 2% of the
           total redemption amount (calculated at net asset value) on all fund
           shares redeemed or exchanged within 15 days of buying them (either
           by purchase or exchange). The redemption fee is paid directly to the
           fund and is designed to encourage long-term investment and to offset
           transaction and other costs associated with short-term or excessive
           trading. For purposes of determining whether the redemption fee
           applies, shares held the longest time will be treated as being
           redeemed first and shares held the shortest time will be treated as
           being redeemed last.

           The redemption fee is applicable to fund shares purchased either
           directly or through a financial intermediary, such as a
           broker-dealer. Transactions through financial intermediaries
           typically are placed with the fund on an omnibus basis and include
           both purchase and sale transactions placed on behalf of multiple
           investors. These purchase and sale transactions are generally netted
           against one another and placed on an aggregate basis; consequently
           the identities of the individuals on whose behalf the transactions
           are placed generally are not known to the fund. For this reason, the
           fund has undertaken to notify financial intermediaries of their
           obligation to assess the redemption fee on


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           customer accounts and to collect and remit the proceeds to the fund.
           However, due to operational requirements, the intermediaries'
           methods for tracking and calculating the fee may be inadequate or
           differ in some respects from the fund's.


           The redemption fee will not be charged in connection with the
           following exchange or redemption transactions: (i) transactions on
           behalf of participants in certain research wrap programs; (ii)
           transactions on behalf of a shareholder to return any excess IRA
           contributions to the shareholder; (iii) transactions on behalf of a
           shareholder to effect a required minimum distribution on an IRA;
           (iv) transactions on behalf of any mutual fund advised by the
           Advisor and its affiliates (e.g., "funds of funds") or, in the case
           of a master/feeder relationship, redemptions by the feeder fund from
           the master portfolio; (v) transactions on behalf of certain
           unaffiliated mutual funds operating as funds of funds; (vi)
           transactions following death or disability of any registered
           shareholder, beneficial owner or grantor of a living trust with
           respect to shares purchased before death or disability; (vii)
           transactions involving hardship of any registered shareholder;
           (viii) systematic transactions with pre-defined trade dates for
           purchases, exchanges or redemptions, such as automatic account
           rebalancing, or loan origination and repayments; (ix) transactions
           involving shares purchased through the reinvestment of dividends or
           other distributions; (x) transactions involving shares transferred
           from another account in the same fund or converted from another
           class of the same fund (the redemption fee period will carry over to
           the acquired shares); (xi) transactions initiated by the fund or
           administrator (e.g., redemptions for not meeting account minimums,
           to pay account fees funded by share redemptions, or in the event of
           the liquidation or merger of the fund); or (xii) transactions in
           cases when there are legal or contractual limitations or
           restrictions on the imposition of the redemption fee (as determined
           by the fund or its agents in their sole discretion). It is the
           policy of the DWS funds to permit approved fund platform providers
           to execute transactions with the funds without the imposition of a
           redemption fee if such providers have implemented alternative
           measures that are determined by the Advisor to provide controls on
           short-term and excessive trading that are comparable to the DWS
           funds' policies.



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           THE AUTOMATED INFORMATION LINE IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY BY
           CALLING (800) 728-3337. You can use our automated phone services to
           get information on DWS funds generally and on accounts held directly
           at DWS Investments. You can also use this service to make exchanges
           and to purchase and sell shares.


           QUICKBUY AND QUICKSELL let you set up a link between a DWS fund
           account and a bank account. Once this link is in place, you can move
           money between the two with a phone call. You'll need to make sure
           your bank has Automated Clearing House (ACH) services. Transactions
           take two to three days to be completed and there is a $50 minimum
           and a $250,000 maximum. To set up QuickBuy or QuickSell on a new
           account, see the account application; to add it to an existing
           account, call (800) 728-3337.

           TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS. Generally, you are
           automatically entitled to telephone and electronic transaction
           privileges, but you may elect not to have them when you open your
           account or by contacting Shareholder Services at (800) 728-3337 at a
           later date.

           Since many transactions may be initiated by telephone or
           electronically, it's important to understand that as long as we take
           reasonable steps to ensure that an order to purchase or redeem
           shares is genuine, such as recording calls or requesting
           personalized security codes or other information, we are not
           responsible for any losses that may occur as a result. For
           transactions conducted over the Internet, we recommend the use of a
           secure Internet browser. In addition, you should verify the accuracy
           of your confirmation statements immediately after you receive them.

           THE FUND DOES NOT ISSUE SHARE CERTIFICATES.

           WHEN YOU ASK US TO SEND OR RECEIVE A WIRE, please note that while we
           don't charge a fee to send or receive wires, it's possible that your
           bank may do so. Wire transactions are generally completed within 24
           hours. The fund can only send wires of $1,000 or more and accept
           wires of $50 or more.


           THE FUND ACCEPTS PAYMENT FOR SHARES ONLY IN US DOLLARS by a check
           drawn on a US bank, a bank or Federal Funds wire transfer or an
           electronic bank transfer. The fund does not accept third party
           checks. A third party check is a check made payable to one or more
           parties and offered as payment to one or more other



THE FOLLOWING SIDEBAR TEXT APPEARS NEXT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS

The DWS Investments Web site can be a valuable resource for shareholders with
Internet access. Go to WWW.DWS-INVESTMENTS.COM to get up-to-date information,
review balances or even place orders for exchanges.


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           parties (e.g., a check made payable to you that you offer as payment
           to someone else). Checks should normally be payable to DWS
           Investments and drawn by you or a financial institution on your
           behalf with your name or account number included with the check.


           SIGNATURE GUARANTEE. When you want to sell more than $100,000 worth
           of shares or send proceeds to a third party or to a new address,
           you'll usually need to place your order in writing and include a
           signature guarantee. However, if you want money wired to a bank
           account that is already on file with us, you don't need a signature
           guarantee. Also, generally you don't need a signature guarantee for
           an exchange, although we may require one in certain other
           circumstances.

           A signature guarantee is simply a certification of your signature -
           a valuable safeguard against fraud. You can get a signature
           guarantee from an eligible guarantor institution, including
           commercial banks, savings and loans, trust companies, credit unions,
           member firms of a national stock exchange or any member or
           participant of an approved signature guarantor program. Note that
           you can't get a signature guarantee from a notary public and we must
           be provided the original guarantee.

           SELLING SHARES OF TRUST ACCOUNTS AND BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION
           ACCOUNTS may require additional documentation. Please call (800)
           728-3337 or contact your financial advisor for more information.


            MONEY FROM SHARES YOU SELL is normally sent out within one business
            day of when your order is processed (not when it is received),
            although it could be delayed for up to seven days. There are
            circumstances when it could be longer, including, but not limited
            to, when you are selling shares you bought recently by check or ACH
            (the funds will be placed under a 10 calendar day hold to ensure
            good funds) or when unusual circumstances prompt the SEC to allow
            further delays. Certain expedited redemption processes (e.g.,
            redemption proceeds by wire) may also be delayed or unavailable when
            you are selling shares recently purchased or in the event of the
            closing of the Federal Reserve wire payment system. The fund
            reserves the right to suspend or postpone redemptions as permitted
            pursuant to Section 22(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
            Generally, those circumstances are when 1) the New York Stock
            Exchange is closed other than customary weekend or holiday closings;
            2) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is





THE FOLLOWING SIDEBAR TEXT APPEARS NEXT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS

If you ever have difficulty placing an order by phone or Internet, you can send
us your order in writing.


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           restricted; 3) an emergency exists which makes the disposal of
           securities owned by the fund or the fair determination of the value
           of the fund's net assets not reasonably practicable; or 4) the SEC,
           by order, permits the suspension of the right of redemption.
           Redemption payments by wire may also be delayed in the event of a
           non-routine closure of the Federal Reserve wire payment system. For
           additional rights reserved by the fund, please see "Other rights we
           reserve."

           You may obtain additional information about other ways to sell your
           shares by contacting your financial advisor.


           How the fund calculates share price

           To calculate net asset value, or NAV, each share class uses the
           following equation:


<TABLE>
<S>                                                     <C> <C>
            TOTAL ASSETS - TOTAL LIABILITIES
           -----------------------------------------    =    NAV
               TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
</TABLE>



           The price at which you buy and sell shares is based on the NAV per
           share next calculated after the order is received by the transfer
           agent.

           THE FUND CHARGES A REDEMPTION FEE EQUAL TO 2.00% of the value of
           shares redeemed or exchanged within 15 days of purchase. Please see
           "Policies about transactions - Redemption fees" for further
           information.

           WE TYPICALLY VALUE SECURITIES USING INFORMATION FURNISHED BY AN
           INDEPENDENT PRICING SERVICE OR MARKET QUOTATIONS, WHERE APPROPRIATE.
           However, we may use methods approved by the fund's Board, such as a
           fair valuation model, which are intended to reflect fair value when
           pricing service information or market quotations are not readily
           available or when a security's value or a meaningful portion of the
           value of the fund's portfolio is believed to have been materially
           affected by a significant event, such as a natural disaster, an
           economic event like a bankruptcy filing, or a substantial
           fluctuation in domestic or foreign markets that has occurred between
           the close of the exchange or market on which the security is
           principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market) and
           the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In such a case, the fund's
           value for a security is likely to be different from the last quoted
           market price or pricing service information. In addition, due to the
           subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, it is possible
           that the value



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           determined for a particular asset may be materially different from
           the value realized upon such asset's sale. It is -expected that the
           greater the percentage of fund assets that is -invested in non-US
           securities, the more extensive will be the -fund's use of fair value
           pricing. This is intended to reduce the fund's exposure to "time
           zone arbitrage" and other harmful -trading practices. (See "Market
           -timing policies and procedures.")

           TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FUND INVESTS IN SECURITIES THAT ARE TRADED
           PRIMARILY IN FOREIGN MARKETS, the value of its holdings could change
           at a time when you aren't able to buy or sell fund shares. This is
           because some foreign markets are open on days or at times when the
           fund doesn't price its shares. (Note that prices for securities that
           trade on foreign exchanges can change significantly on days when the
           New York Stock Exchange is closed and you cannot buy or sell fund
           shares. Price changes in the securities the fund owns may ultimately
           affect the price of fund shares the next time the NAV is
           calculated.)


           Other rights we reserve

           You should be aware that we may do any of the following:

           -  withdraw or suspend the offering of shares at any time


           -  withhold a portion of your distributions and redemption proceeds
              for federal income tax purposes if we have been notified by the
              IRS that you are subject to backup withholding or if you fail to
              provide us with the correct taxpayer ID number and certain
              certifications, including certification that you are not subject
              to backup withholding


           -  reject a new account application if you don't provide any
              required or requested identifying information, or for any other
              reason


           -  refuse, cancel, limit or rescind any purchase or exchange order,
              without prior notice; freeze any account (meaning you will not be
              able to purchase fund shares in your account); suspend account
              services; and/or involuntarily redeem your account if we think
              that the account is being used for fraudulent or illegal
              purposes; one or more of these actions will be taken when, at our
              sole discretion, they are deemed to be in the fund's best
              interests or when the fund is requested or compelled to do so by
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            -  close and liquidate your account if we are unable to verify your
               identity, or for other reasons; if we decide to close your
               account, your fund shares will be redeemed at the net asset value
               per share next calculated after we determine to close your
               account (less applicable redemption fee, if any); you may
               recognize a gain or loss on the redemption of your fund shares
               and you may incur a tax liability

           -  pay you for shares you sell by "redeeming in kind," that is, by
              giving you securities (which typically will involve brokerage
              costs for you to liquidate) rather than cash, but which will be
              taxable to the same extent as a redemption for cash; the fund
              generally won't make a redemption in kind unless your requests
              over a 90-day period total more than $250,000 or 1% of the value
              of the fund's net assets, whichever is less


           -  change, add or withdraw various services, fees and account
              policies (for example, we may adjust the fund's investment
              minimums at any time)


UNDERSTANDING DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES


           The fund intends to distribute to its shareholders virtually all of
           its net earnings. The fund can earn money in two ways: by receiving
           interest, dividends or other income from securities it holds and by
           selling securities for more than it paid for them. (The fund's
           earnings are separate from any gains or losses stemming from your
           own purchase and sale of shares.) The fund may not always pay a
           dividend or other distribution for a given period.


         THE FUND INTENDS TO PAY DIVIDENDS TO SHAREHOLDERS ANNUALLY IN DECEMBER.
         The fund intends to pay distributions from realized capital gains
         annually, usually in December. If necessary, the fund may distribute at
         other times as needed.


           Dividends or distributions declared and payable to shareholders of
           record in the last quarter of a given calendar year are treated for
           federal income tax purposes as if they were received on December 31
           of that year, provided such dividends or distributions are paid by
           the end of the following January.

           For federal income tax purposes, income and capital gains
           distributions are generally taxable to shareholders. However,
           dividends and distributions received by retirement plans qualifying
           for tax exemption under federal income tax laws generally will not
           be taxable.




THE FOLLOWING SIDEBAR TEXT APPEARS NEXT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS

Because each shareholder's tax situation is unique, ask your tax professional
about the tax consequences of your investments, including any state and local
tax consequences.

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           YOU CAN CHOOSE HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. You
           can have them all automatically reinvested in fund shares (at NAV),
           all deposited directly to your bank account or all sent to you by
           check, have one type reinvested and the other sent to you by check
           or have them invested in a different fund. Tell us your preference
           on your application. If you don't indicate a preference, your
           dividends and distributions will all be reinvested in shares of the
           fund without a sales charge (if applicable). Distributions are
           treated the same for federal income tax purposes whether you receive
           them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Under the terms
           of employer-sponsored qualified plans, and retirement plans,
           reinvestment (at NAV) is the only option.


           BUYING, SELLING OR EXCHANGING FUND SHARES WILL USUALLY HAVE FEDERAL
           INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU (except in employer-sponsored
           qualified plans, IRAs or other tax-advantaged accounts). Your sale
           of shares may result in a capital gain or loss. The gain or loss
           will be long-term or short-term depending on how long you owned the
           shares that were sold. For federal income tax purposes, an exchange
           is treated the same as a sale.


           THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS of the fund's earnings you receive and
           your own fund transactions generally depends on their type:



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 GENERALLY TAXED AT LONG-TERM                           GENERALLY TAXED AT ORDINARY
CAPITAL GAIN RATES:                                   INCOME RATES:
<S>                                                   <C>
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUND
- gains from the sale of                              -  gains from the sale of
  securities held (or treated as                         securities held by the fund for
  held) by the fund for more                             one year or less
  than one year                                       -  all other taxable income
- qualified dividend income
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING FUND
SHARES
- gains from selling fund                             -  gains from selling fund
  shares held for more than                              shares held for one year or
  one year                                               less
</TABLE>


           ANY DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN SECURITIES BY THE FUND MAY BE
           SUBJECT TO FOREIGN WITHHOLDING TAXES. In that case, the fund's yield
           on those securities would generally be decreased. Shareholders
           generally will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction with
           respect to foreign taxes paid by the


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           fund. In addition, any investments in foreign securities or foreign
           currencies may increase or accelerate the fund's recognition of
           ordinary income and may affect the timing or amount of the fund's
           distributions. If you invest in the fund through a taxable account,
           your after-tax return could be negatively impacted.


           Investments in certain debt obligations or other securities may
           cause the fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash
           generated by them. Thus, the fund could be required at times to
           liquidate other investments in order to satisfy its distribution
           requirements.

           For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, distributions to
           individuals and other noncorporate shareholders of investment income
           designated by the fund as derived from qualified dividend income are
           eligible for taxation for federal income tax purposes at the more
           favorable long-term capital gain rates. Qualified dividend income
           generally includes dividends received by the fund from domestic and
           some foreign corporations. It does not include income from
           investments in debt securities or, generally, from REITs. In
           addition, the fund must meet certain holding period and other
           requirements with respect to the dividend-paying stocks in its
           portfolio and the shareholder must meet certain holding period and
           other requirements with respect to the fund's shares for the lower
           tax rates to apply.

           For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, the maximum
           federal income tax rate imposed on long-term capital gains
           recognized by individuals and other noncorporate shareholders has
           been temporarily reduced to 15%, in general, with lower rates
           applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% rate brackets. For taxable
           years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the maximum long-term
           capital gain rate is scheduled to return to 20%.


           YOUR FUND WILL SEND YOU DETAILED FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION
           EVERY JANUARY. These statements tell you the amount and the federal
           income tax classification of any dividends or distributions you
           received. They also have certain details on your purchases and sales
           of shares.


42 | Understanding Distributions and Taxes
<PAGE>


           IF YOU INVEST RIGHT BEFORE THE FUND PAYS A DIVIDEND, you'll be
           getting some of your investment back as a taxable dividend. You can
           avoid this by investing after the fund pays a dividend. In tax-
           advantaged retirement accounts you generally do not need to worry
           about this.

           CORPORATIONS are taxed at the same rates on ordinary income and
           capital gains but may be eligible for a dividends-received deduction
           for a portion of the income dividends they receive from the fund,
           provided certain holding period and other requirements are met.

           The above discussion summarizes certain federal income tax
           consequences for shareholders who are US persons. If you are a
           non-US person, please consult your own tax advisor with respect to
           the US tax consequences to you of an investment in the fund. For
           more information, see "Taxes" in the Statement of Additional
           Information.



                                     Understanding Distributions and Taxes  | 43
<PAGE>

APPENDIX
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Hypothetical Expense Summary



           Using the annual fund operating expense ratios presented in the fee
           tables in the fund prospectus, the Hypothetical Expense Summary
           shows the estimated fees and expenses, in actual dollars, that would
           be charged on a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund held
           for the next 10 years and the impact of such fees and expenses on
           fund returns for each year and cumulatively, assuming a 5% return
           for each year. The historical rate of return for the fund may be
           higher or lower than 5% and, for money funds, is typically less than
           5%. The tables also assume that all dividends and distributions are
           reinvested. The annual fund expense ratios shown are net of any
           contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements, if any, for the
           period of the contractual commitment. The tables do not reflect
           redemption fees, if any, which may be payable upon redemption. If
           redemption fees were shown, the "Hypothetical Year-End Balance After
           Fees and Expenses" amounts shown would be lower and the "Annual Fees
           and Expenses" amounts shown would be higher. Also, please note that
           if you are investing through a third party provider, that provider
           may have fees and expenses separate from those of the fund that are
           not reflected here. Mutual fund fees and expenses fluctuate over
           time and actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.


           The Hypothetical Expense Summary should not be used or construed as
           an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy or a
           recommendation or endorsement of any specific mutual fund. You
           should carefully review the fund's prospectus to consider the
           investment objectives, risks, expenses and charges of the fund prior
           to investing.


44 | Appendix
<PAGE>

DWS Commodity Securities Fund - Class S




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<CAPTION>
              MAXIMUM           INITIAL HYPOTHETICAL                 ASSUMED RATE
           SALES CHARGE:             INVESTMENT:                      OF RETURN:
               0.00%                   $10,000                            5%
                                                              HYPOTHETICAL
             CUMULATIVE        ANNUAL       CUMULATIVE          YEAR-END
           RETURN BEFORE        FUND       RETURN AFTER      BALANCE AFTER      ANNUAL FEES
              FEES AND        EXPENSE        FEES AND           FEES AND            AND
YEAR          EXPENSES         RATIOS        EXPENSES           EXPENSES         EXPENSES
<S>       <C>                <C>          <C>               <C>                <C>
   1            5.00%        1.30%              3.70%       $ 10,370.00        $   132.41
   2           10.25%        1.48%              7.35%       $ 10,735.02        $   156.18
   3           15.76%        1.48%             11.13%       $ 11,112.90        $   161.67
   4           21.55%        1.48%             15.04%       $ 11,504.07        $   167.37
   5           27.63%        1.48%             19.09%       $ 11,909.01        $   173.26
   6           34.01%        1.48%             23.28%       $ 12,328.21        $   179.36
   7           40.71%        1.48%             27.62%       $ 12,762.16        $   185.67
   8           47.75%        1.48%             32.11%       $ 13,211.39        $   192.20
   9           55.13%        1.48%             36.76%       $ 13,676.43        $   198.97
  10           62.89%        1.48%             41.58%       $ 14,157.84        $   205.97
  TOTAL                                                                        $ 1,753.06
</TABLE>




                                                                  Appendix  | 45
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TO GET MORE INFORMATION

SHAREHOLDER REPORTS - These include commentary from the fund's management team
about recent market conditions and the effects of the fund's strategies on its
performance. They also have detailed performance figures, a list of everything
the fund owns, and its financial statements. Shareholders get these reports
automatically.

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI) - This tells you more about the
fund's features and policies, including additional risk information. The SAI is
incorporated by reference into this document (meaning that it's legally part of
this prospectus).


For a free copy of any of these documents or to request other information about
the fund, call (800) 728-3337, or contact DWS Investments at the address listed
below. The fund's SAI and shareholder reports are also available through the
DWS Investments Web site at www.dws-investments.com. These documents and other
information about the fund are available from the EDGAR Database on the SEC's
Internet site at www.sec.gov. If you like, you may obtain copies of this
information, after paying a copying fee, by e-mailing a request to
publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the SEC at the address listed below. You can
also review and copy these documents and other information about the fund,
including the fund's SAI, at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington,
D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be
obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.




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DWS INVESTMENTS      SEC                     DISTRIBUTOR
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<S>                  <C>                     <C>
PO Box 219151        100 F Street, N.E.      DWS Investments Distributors,
Kansas City, MO      Washington, D.C.        Inc.
64121-9151           20549-0102              222 South Riverside Plaza
WWW.DWS-             WWW.SEC.GOV             Chicago, IL 60606-5808
INVESTMENTS.COM      (800) SEC-0330          (800) 621-1148
(800) 728-3337
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SEC FILE NUMBER:
DWS Institutional Funds        DWS Commodity Securities Fund    811-6071
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                             DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
                          DWS Commodity Securities Fund
                 (Class A, B, C and Institutional Class Shares)












                       STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                                 October 1, 2008

This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus and should
be read in conjunction with the Class A, B, C and the Institutional Class
prospectuses dated October 1, 2008, as amended from time to time, for DWS
Commodity Securities Fund (the "Fund"), a series of DWS Institutional Funds (the
"Trust"), copies of which may be obtained without charge by contacting DWS
Investments Distributors, Inc., 222 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
60606, 1-800-621-1148, or from the firm from which this SAI was obtained and are
available along with other materials on the Securities and Exchange Commission's
Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

The Annual Report to Shareholders, dated June 30, 2008, is incorporated herein
by reference and is deemed to be part of this SAI. A copy of the Fund's Annual
Report may be obtained without charge by calling the Fund at the toll-free
number 1-800-621-1048.

This SAI is incorporated by reference into the corresponding prospectuses for
each class of shares of the Fund.




                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                            Page

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS........................................................2


INVESTMENT POLICIES AND TECHNIQUES.............................................3

         Other Investments and Investment Practices...........................22
         Portfolio Holdings Information.......................................33

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND........................................................36

         Investment Advisor...................................................36
         Compensation of Portfolio Managers...................................38

FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS........................................................47

         Administrator........................................................47
         Distributor..........................................................48
         Custodian............................................................54
         Transfer Agent.......................................................54
         Fund Accounting Agent................................................54
         Legal Counsel........................................................55
         Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm........................55

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS........................................................56

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER............................................................60

PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES.............................................61

DIVIDENDS.....................................................................83

TAXES.........................................................................84

NET ASSET VALUE...............................................................90

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS.........................................................91

FUND ORGANIZATION............................................................110

PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES......................................................111

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.........................................................112

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.......................................................113

APPENDIX.....................................................................114


                             INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

Except as otherwise indicated, the Fund's investment objective and policies are
not fundamental and may be changed without a vote of shareholders. There can be
no assurance that the Fund's objective will be met.

The Fund has elected to be classified as a non-diversified series of an open-end
investment management company. A non-diversified fund may invest a greater
proportion of its assets in the obligations of a small number of issuers, and
may be subject to greater risk and substantial losses as a result of changes in
the financial condition or the market's assessment of the issuers. While not
limited by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") as to
the proportion of its assets that it may invest in obligations of a single
issuer, the Fund will comply with the diversification requirements imposed by
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") for qualification as a regulated
investment company.

As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund may not:


1.       borrow money, except as permitted under the 1940 Act, and as
         interpreted or modified by regulatory authority having jurisdiction,
         from time to time;

2.       issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act and as
         interpreted or modified by regulatory authority having jurisdiction,
         from time to time;

3.       engage in business of underwriting securities issued by others, except
         to the extent that the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter in
         connection with the disposition of portfolio securities;

4.       purchase or sell real estate, which term does not include securities of
         companies which deal in real estate or mortgages or investments secured
         by real estate or interests therein, except that the Fund reserves
         freedom of action to hold and to sell real estate acquired as a result
         of the Fund's ownership of securities;

5.       may not make loans except as permitted under the 1940 Act, as amended,
         and as interpreted or modified by regulatory authority having
         jurisdiction, from time to time;

6.       may not purchase or sell commodities, except as permitted by the 1940
         Act, as amended, and as interpreted or modified by the regulatory
         authority having jurisdiction, from time to time; or

7.       concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as the term is
         used in the 1940 Act, and as interpreted or modified by regulatory
         authority having jurisdiction from time to time, except
         commodity-related industries.


A fundamental policy may not be changed without the approval of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities of the Fund which, under the 1940 Act and the
rules thereunder and as used in this SAI, means the lesser of (1) 67% or more of
the voting securities present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of
the outstanding voting securities of the Fund are present or represented by
proxy, or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.


There will be no violation of any investment restrictions or policies (except
with respect to fundamental investment restriction (1) above) if that
restriction is complied with at the time the relevant action is taken,
notwithstanding a later change in the market value of an investment, in net or
total assets, or in the change of securities rating of the investment, or any
other later change.


As a matter of non-fundamental policy, the Fund may not:

(1) acquire securities of registered open-end investment companies or registered
unit investment trusts in reliance on Sections 12(d)(1)(F) or 12(d)(1)(G) of the
1940 Act.

(2)      lend portfolio securities in an amount greater than 33 1/3% of its
         total assets.

                       INVESTMENT POLICIES AND TECHNIQUES





Investment Techniques. Descriptions in this SAI of a particular investment
practice or technique in which the Fund may engage are meant to describe the
spectrum of investments that Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.
("DIMA" or the "Advisor") in its discretion might, but is not required to, use
in managing the Fund's portfolio assets. The Advisor may in its discretion at
any time employ such practice, technique or instrument for one or more funds but
not for all funds advised by it. Furthermore, it is possible that certain types
of financial instruments or investment techniques described herein may not be
available, permissible, economically feasible or effective for their intended
purposes in all markets. Certain practices, techniques or instruments may not be
principal activities of the Fund, but, to the extent employed, could from time
to time have a material impact on the Fund's performance.




The Fund's investment objective is capital appreciation.




Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets,
plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity and commodity-linked
securities of companies in commodity-related industries or other issuers where
the value of the investment is linked to changes in commodity prices or a
commodity-related index, such as commodity-linked structured notes. DIMA,
considers a company to be in a commodity-related industry if, as determined by
DIMA, at least 50% of the company's assets, revenues or net income are derived
from or related to a commodity-related industry.

The Advisor may determine, based on various factors, including changes in supply
and demand for a certain commodity or commodities, broad economic projections or
expectations of better relative value than investing in direct equity
securities, to invest between 25% and 75% of the Fund's assets in securities
linked to physical commodities or an index or portion of an index of physical
commodities, i.e., commodity-linked structured notes, as well as options and
futures contracts related to physical commodities or commodities indexes. These
options and futures contracts may be intended as a hedge against a decline in
the value of portfolio investments or to achieve returns consistent with those
anticipated to be earned from investments in other commodity-related
investments.




Fundamental, valuation-driven equity research is the Advisor's primary source of
value-added, and stock selection is the Advisor's primary performance driver.
The Advisor begins with an actionable top-down view on the underlying
commodities, and based on its company-specific knowledge, chooses the stocks
expected to perform best in that environment. The Advisor's top-down analysis
also assists with switching among early- and late-cycle companies and country
allocation. Allocation among the energy and materials sectors and any industry
group within the sectors is an added performance driver.

To enable the Fund to achieve its investment objective through commodity,
economic and investment cycles, the Fund's equity returns are augmented by
reinforcing the Advisor's commodity views via exposure to commodity-linked
structured notes. The Fund may also anticipate future investments in equities by
investing in options and futures contracts.

The Advisor may focus on the securities of particular issuers or industries
within the commodity-related industries in which the Fund invests, or in
particular countries or regions, at different times. The Advisor will normally
sell a stock when it believes that its price is unlikely to go higher, its
fundamentals have deteriorated, other investments offer better opportunities or
in the course of adjusting its emphasis on a given commodity-related industry.

The following is a discussion of the various investments of and techniques
employed by the Fund.


Unless otherwise indicated, the Fund is permitted, but not obligated, to engage
in the following investment strategies, subject to any percentage limitations
set forth below. As a matter of non-fundamental operating policy, the Fund may
also be subject to additional restrictions.


The Fund is not obligated to pursue any of the following strategies and does not
represent that these techniques are available now or will be available at any
time in the future.


Asset Segregation. Certain investment transactions expose the Fund to an
obligation to make future payments to third parties. Examples of these types of
transactions, include, but are not limited to, reverse repurchase agreements,
short sales, dollar rolls, when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment
transactions and certain derivatives such as swaps, futures, forwards, and
options. To the extent that the Fund engages in such transactions, the Fund will
(to the extent required by applicable law) either (1) segregate cash or liquid
assets in the prescribed amount or (2) otherwise "cover" its future obligations
under the transaction, such as by holding an offsetting investment. If the Fund
segregates sufficient cash or other liquid assets or otherwise "covers" its
obligations under such transactions, the Fund will not consider the transactions
to be borrowings for purposes of its investment restrictions or "senior
securities" under the 1940 Act, and therefore, such transactions will not be
subject to the 300% asset coverage requirement under the 1940 Act otherwise
applicable to borrowings by the Fund.

In some cases (e.g., with respect to futures and forwards that are contractually
required to "cash-settle"), the Fund will segregate cash or other liquid assets
with respect to the amount of the daily net (marked-to-market) obligation
arising from the transaction, rather than the notional amount of the underlying
contract. By segregating assets in an amount equal to the net obligation rather
than the notional amount, the Fund will have the ability to employ leverage to a
greater extent than if it set aside cash or other liquid assets equal to the
notional amount of the contract, which may increase the risk associated with
such transactions.

The Fund may utilize methods of segregating assets or otherwise "covering"
transactions that are currently or in the future permitted under the 1940 Act,
the rules and regulation thereunder, or orders issued by the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") thereunder. For these purposes, interpretations and
guidance provided by the SEC staff may be taken into account when deemed
appropriate by the Fund.

Assets used as segregation or cover cannot be sold while the position in the
corresponding transaction is open, unless they are replaced with other
appropriate assets. As a result, the commitment of a large portion of a Fund's
assets for segregation and cover purposes could impede portfolio management or
the Fund's ability to meet redemption requests or other current obligations.

Segregating assets or otherwise "covering" for these purposes does not
necessarily limit the percentage of the assets of the Fund that may be at risk
with respect to certain derivative transactions.


Equity Securities

General. The Fund may invest in equity securities listed on any domestic or
non-US securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market as well as
certain restricted or unlisted securities. As used herein, "equity securities"
include common stock, preferred stock, trust or limited partnership interests,
rights and warrants (to subscribe to or purchase such securities) and
convertible securities (consisting of preferred stock that may be converted into
common stock or that carry the right to purchase common stock).

Common Stocks. Common stocks, the most familiar type of equity securities,
represent an equity (i.e., ownership) interest in a corporation. They may or may
not pay dividends or carry voting rights. Common stock occupies the most junior
position in a company's capital structure. Although equity securities have a
history of long-term growth in value, their prices fluctuate based on changes in
a company's financial condition, as well as changes in overall market and
economic conditions. This affects the value of the shares of the Fund, and thus
the value of your investment. Smaller companies are especially sensitive to
these factors.

Warrants. The Fund may invest in warrants. Warrants are securities that give the
holder the right but not the obligation to buy a specified number of shares of
common stock at a specified price, which is often higher than the market price
at the time of issuance, for a specified period (or in perpetuity). Warrants may
be issued in units with other securities or separately, and may be freely
transferable and traded on exchanges. Investing in warrants can provide a
greater potential for profit or loss than an equivalent investment in the
underlying security, and, thus is a speculative investment. At the time of
issue, the cost of a warrant is substantially less than the cost of the
underlying security itself, and price movements in the underlying security are
generally magnified in the price movements of the warrant. This leveraging
effect enables the investor to gain exposure to the underlying security with a
relatively low capital investment. This leveraging increases an investor's risk,
however, in the event of a decline in the value of the underlying security and
can result in a complete loss of the amount invested in the warrant.

While the market value of a warrant tends to be more volatile than that of the
securities underlying the warrant, changes in the market value of a warrant may
not necessarily correlate with that of the underlying security. A warrant ceases
to have value if it is not exercised prior to the expiration date, if any, to
which the warrant is subject. The purchase of warrants involves a risk that the
Fund could lose the purchase value of a warrant if the right to subscribe to
additional shares is not exercised prior to the warrant's expiration. Also, the
purchase of warrants involves the risk that the effective price paid for the
warrant added to the subscription price of the related security may exceed the
value of the subscribed security's market price such as when there is no
movement in the level of the underlying security. The value of a warrant may
decline because of a decline in the value of the underlying security, the
passage of time, changes in interest rates or in the dividend or other policies
of the company whose equity underlies the warrant or a change in the perception
as to the future price of the underlying security, or any combination thereof.
Also, warrants do not entitle the holder to dividends or voting rights with
respect to the underlying securities and do not represent any rights in the
assets of the issuing company.

Preferred Stock. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in preferred
stock. Preferred stock has a preference (i.e., ranks higher) in liquidation (and
generally dividends) over common stock but is subordinated (i.e., ranks lower)
in liquidation to fixed income securities. Dividends on preferred stock may be
cumulative, and in such cases, all cumulative dividends usually must be paid
prior to dividend payments to common stockholders. Because of this preference,
preferred stocks generally entail less risk than common stocks. As a general
rule the market value of preferred stocks with fixed dividend rates and no
conversion rights moves inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk,
with the price determined by the dividend rate. Some preferred stocks are
convertible into other securities (e.g., common stock) at a fixed price and
ratio or upon the occurrence of certain events. The market price of convertible
preferred stocks generally reflects an element of conversion value. Because many
preferred stocks lack a fixed maturity date, these securities generally
fluctuate substantially in value when interest rates change; such fluctuations
often exceed those of long-term bonds of the same issuer. Some preferred stocks
pay an adjustable dividend that may be based on an index, formula, auction
procedure or other dividend rate reset mechanism. In the absence of credit
deterioration, adjustable rate preferred stocks tend to have more stable market
values than fixed rate preferred stocks.

All preferred stocks are also subject to the same types of credit risks as
corporate bonds. In addition, because preferred stock is subordinate to debt
securities and other obligations of an issuer, deterioration in the credit
rating of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred
stock than in a more senior debt security with similar yield characteristics.
Preferred stocks may be rated by the Standard & Poor's Division of the
McGraw-Hill Companies ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's")
although there is no minimum rating which a preferred stock must have to be an
eligible investment for the Fund. Generally, however, the preferred stocks in
which the Fund invests will be rated at least CCC by S&P or Caa by Moody's or,
if unrated, of comparable quality in the opinion of the Advisor. Preferred
stocks rated CCC by S&P are regarded as predominantly speculative with respect
to the issuer's capacity to pay preferred stock obligations and represent the
highest degree of speculation among securities rated between BB and CCC;
preferred stocks rated Caa by Moody's are likely to be in arrears on dividend
payments. Moody's rating with respect to preferred stocks does not purport to
indicate the future status of payments of dividends.

Convertible Securities. The Fund may invest in convertible securities. A
convertible security is a bond or preferred stock which may be converted at a
stated price within a specific period of time into a specified number of shares
of common stock of the same or different issuer. Convertible securities are
senior to common stock in a corporation's capital structure, but are generally
subordinate to non-convertible debt securities. While providing a fixed income
stream, generally higher in yield than the income derived from a common stock
but lower in yield than that afforded by a non-convertible debt security, a
convertible security also affords an investor the opportunity, through its
conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation of common stock
into which it is convertible.

The terms of any convertible security determine its ranking in a company's
capital structure. In the case of subordinated convertible debentures, the
holders' claims on assets and earnings are subordinated to the claims of other
creditors, and are senior to the claims of preferred and common shareholders. In
the case of convertible preferred stock, the holders' claims on assets and
earnings are subordinated to the claims of all creditors and are senior to the
claims of common shareholders.

In general, the market value of a convertible security is the greater of its
investment value (its value as a fixed income security) or its conversion value
(the value of the underlying shares of common stock if the security is
converted). As a fixed income security, the market value of a convertible
security generally increases when interest rates decline and generally decreases
when interest rates rise; however, the price of a convertible security generally
increases as the market value of the underlying stock increases, and generally
decreases as the market value of the underlying stock declines. Investments in
convertible securities generally entail less risk than investments in the common
stock of the same issuer.

Money Market Instruments

Short-Term Instruments. The Fund intends to stay invested in equity securities
to the extent practical in light of its objective and long-term investment
perspective. However, the Fund may invest in short-term instruments with
remaining maturities of 397 days or less or in money market mutual funds: to
meet anticipated redemptions and expenses; for day-to-day operating purposes;
and when the Fund experiences large cash inflows through the sale of securities.
When the Fund experiences large cash inflows, for example, through the sale of
securities and attractive investments are unavailable in sufficient quantities,
the Fund may hold short-term instruments (or shares of money market mutual
funds) for a limited time pending availability of such investments. In addition,
when in the Advisor's opinion, it is advisable to adopt a temporary defensive
position because of unusual and adverse market or other conditions, up to 100%
of the Fund's assets may be invested in such short-term instruments.

Short-term instruments consist of foreign and domestic: (1) short-term
obligations of sovereign governments, their agencies, instrumentalities,
authorities or political subdivisions; (2) other short-term debt securities
rated AA or higher by S&P or Aa or higher by Moody's or, if unrated, are deemed
to be of comparable quality in the opinion of the Advisor; (3) commercial paper;
(4) bank obligations, including negotiable certificates of deposit, time
deposits and banker's acceptances; and (5) repurchase agreements. At the time
the Fund invests in commercial paper, bank obligations or repurchase agreements,
the issuer or the issuer's parent must have outstanding debt rated AA or higher
by S&P or Aa or higher by Moody's; outstanding commercial paper or bank
obligations rated A-1 by S&P or Prime-1 by Moody's; or, if no such ratings are
available, the instrument must be deemed to be of comparable quality in the
opinion of the Advisor. These instruments may be denominated in US dollars or in
foreign currencies.

Other US government securities the Fund may invest in include (but are not
limited to) securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal Housing
Administration, Farmers Home Loan Administration, Export-Import Bank of the
U.S., Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, Central
Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Farm Credit Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit
Banks, Federal Land Banks, Maritime Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority,
District of Columbia Armory Board and Student Loan Marketing Association.
Because the US government is not obligated by law to provide support to an
instrumentality it sponsors, the Fund will invest in obligations issued by such
an instrumentality only if the Advisor determines that the credit risk with
respect to the instrumentality does not make its securities unsuitable for
investment by the Fund.

Obligations of Banks and Other Financial Institutions. The Fund may invest in US
dollar-denominated fixed rate or variable rate obligations of US or foreign
financial institutions, including banks, which are rated in the highest
short-term rating category by any two nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations ("NRSROs") (or one NRSRO if that NRSRO is the only such NRSRO
which rates such obligations) or, if not so rated, are believed by the Advisor,
acting under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, to be of
comparable quality. Obligations of domestic and foreign financial institutions
in which the Fund may invest include (but are not limited to) certificates of
deposit, bankers' acceptances, bank time deposits, commercial paper, and other
US dollar-denominated instruments issued or supported by the credit of US or
foreign financial institutions, including banks.

For purposes of the Fund's investment policies with respect to bank obligations,
the assets of a bank will be deemed to include the assets of its domestic and
foreign branches. Obligations of foreign branches of US banks and foreign banks
may be general obligations of the parent bank in addition to the issuing bank or
may be limited by the terms of a specific obligation and by government
regulation. If the Advisor, acting under the supervision of the Board of
Trustees, deems the instruments to present minimal credit risk, the Fund may
invest in obligations of foreign banks or foreign branches of US banks which
include banks located in the United Kingdom, Grand Cayman Island, Nassau, Japan
and Canada. Investments in these obligations may entail risks that are different
from those of investments in obligations of US domestic banks because of
differences in political, regulatory and economic systems and conditions. These
risks include future political and economic developments, currency blockage, the
possible imposition of withholding taxes on interest payments, possible seizure
or nationalization of foreign deposits, difficulty or inability of pursuing
legal remedies and obtaining judgments in foreign courts, possible establishment
of exchange controls or the adoption of other foreign governmental restrictions
that might affect adversely the payment of principal and interest on bank
obligations. Foreign branches of US banks and foreign banks may also be subject
to less stringent reserve requirements and to different accounting, auditing,
reporting and record keeping standards that those applicable to domestic
branches of US banks.

Certificates of Deposit and Bankers' Acceptances. The Fund may invest in
certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances. Certificates of deposit are
receipts issued by a depository institution in exchange for the deposit of
funds. The issuer agrees to pay the amount deposited plus interest to the bearer
of the receipt on the date specified on the certificate. The certificate usually
can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity.

Bankers' acceptances typically arise from short-term credit arrangements
designed to enable businesses to obtain funds to finance commercial
transactions. Generally, an acceptance is a time draft drawn on a bank by an
exporter or an importer to obtain a stated amount of funds to pay for specific
merchandise. The draft is then "accepted" by a bank that, in effect,
unconditionally guarantees to pay the face value of the instrument on its
maturity date. The acceptance may then be held by the accepting bank as an
earning asset or it may be sold in the secondary market at the going rate of
discount for a specific maturity. Although maturities for acceptances can be as
long as 270 days, most acceptances have maturities of six months or less.

Commercial Paper. The Fund may invest in commercial paper. The Fund may invest
in fixed rate or variable rate commercial paper, issued by US or foreign
entities. Commercial paper consists of short-term (usually from 1 to 270 days)
unsecured promissory notes issued by US or foreign corporations in order to
finance their current operations. Any commercial paper issued by a foreign
entity corporation and purchased by the Fund must be US dollar-denominated and
must not be subject to foreign withholding tax at the time of purchase.

Commercial paper when purchased by the Fund must be rated in the highest
short-term rating category by any two NRSROs (or one NRSRO if that NRSRO is the
only such NRSRO which rates such security) or, if not so rated, must be believed
by the Advisor, acting under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the
Fund, to be of comparable quality. Investing in foreign commercial paper
generally involves risks similar to those described above relating to
obligations of foreign banks or foreign branches and subsidiaries of US and
foreign banks.

The Fund may also invest in variable rate master demand notes. A variable rate
master demand note (which is a type of commercial paper) represents a direct
borrowing arrangement involving periodically fluctuating rates of interest under
a letter agreement between a commercial paper issuer and an institutional lender
pursuant to which the lender may determine to invest varying amounts.

For a description of commercial paper ratings, see the Appendix to this SAI.

US Government Securities. The Fund may invest in obligations issued or
guaranteed by the US government which include: (1) direct obligations of the US
Treasury and (2) obligations issued by US government agencies and
instrumentalities. Included among direct obligations of the US government are
Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes and Treasury Bonds, which differ in terms of
their interest rates, maturities and dates of issuance. Treasury Bills have
maturities of less than one year, Treasury Notes have maturities of one to 10
years and Treasury Bonds generally have maturities of greater than 10 years at
the date of issuance. Included among the obligations issued by agencies and
instrumentalities of the US government are: instruments that are supported by
the full faith and credit of the US government (such as certificates issued by
the Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA" or "Ginnie Mae"));
instruments that are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the US
Treasury (such as securities of Federal Home Loan Banks); and instruments that
are supported by the credit of the instrumentality (such as Federal National
Mortgage Association ("FNMA" or "Fannie Mae") and Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation ("FHLMC" or "Freddie Mac")).

Commodity-Linked Derivative Instruments


The Fund intends to invest in commodity-linked derivative instruments, in
particular in structured notes. The value of a commodity-linked derivative
instrument typically is based on the price movements of a physical commodity, a
commodity futures contract or commodity index, or some other readily measurable
economic variable dependent upon changes in the value of commodities or the
commodities markets. The Fund invests in commodity-linked derivative investments
that are hybrid instruments excluded from regulation under the Commodity
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder. The Fund may invest up to 40% of its
total assets in qualifying hybrid instruments. Additionally, from time to time
the Fund may invest in other hybrid instruments that do not qualify for
exemption from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.


The Fund will invest in derivative debt instruments with principal and/or coupon
payments linked to the value of commodities, commodity futures contracts, or the
performance of commodity indices. These are "commodity-linked" or "index-linked"
notes. They are sometimes referred to as "structured notes" because the terms of
the debt instrument may be structured by the issuer of the note and the
purchaser of the note, such as the Fund. These notes may be issued by banks,
brokerage firms, insurance companies and other corporations.

The values of these notes will rise and fall in response to changes in the
underlying commodity or related index or investment. These notes expose the Fund
economically to movements in commodity prices, but a particular note is
primarily a debt obligation. These notes also are subject to credit and interest
rate risks that in general affect the value of debt securities. Therefore, at
the maturity of the note, the Fund may receive more or less principal than it
originally invested. The Fund might receive interest payments on the note that
are more or less than the stated coupon interest rate payments. To try to reduce
this risk, the Fund does not expect to invest more than 40% of its total assets
in structured notes under whose terms the potential loss, either at redemption
or maturity, exceeds 50% of the face value of the notes. That amount is
calculated at the time of investment.

The structured notes the Fund enters into are expected to involve leverage,
meaning that the value of the instrument will be calculated as a multiple of the
upward or downward price movement of the underlying index. The prices of
commodity-linked instruments may move in different directions than investments
in traditional equity and debt securities in periods of rising inflation. Of
course, there can be no guarantee that the Fund's commodity-linked investments
would not be correlated with traditional financial assets under any particular
market conditions.

Commodity-linked structured notes may be issued by US and foreign banks,
brokerage firms, insurance companies and other corporations. These notes are
debt securities of the issuer and so, in addition to fluctuating in response to
changes in the underlying commodity index, will be subject to credit and
interest rate risks that typically affect debt securities.

The commodity-linked instruments the Fund invests in may be wholly principal
protected, partially principal protected or offer no principal protection. With
a wholly principal protected instrument, the Fund will receive at maturity the
greater of the par value of the note or the increase in value of the underlying
index. Partially protected instruments may suffer some loss of principal up to a
specified limit if the underlying index declines in value during the term of the
instrument. For instruments without principal protection, there is a risk that
the instrument could lose all of its value if the index declines sufficiently.
The Advisor's decision on whether and to what extent to use principal protection
depends in part on the cost of the protection. In addition, the ability of the
Fund to take advantage of any protection feature depends on the creditworthiness
of the issuer of the instrument.

Although the Fund itself will not be leveraged, some of the commodity-linked
instruments the Fund may hold will involve leverage. The Fund will not invest in
an instrument if, at the time of purchase, (1) that instrument's "leverage
ratio" exceeds 300% of the price increase (or decrease) in the underlying index
or (2) the Fund's "portfolio leverage ratio" exceeds 150%. What this means is
that for an instrument with a "leverage factor" of 300%, a 1% gain (or loss) in
the underlying index would result in a 3% gain (or loss) in the value of the
instrument. "Portfolio leverage ratio" is defined as the average (mean) leverage
ratio of all instruments in the Fund's portfolio, weighted by the market values
of such instruments or, in the case of futures contracts, their notional value.

Derivative strategies and the writing of uncovered (or so-called "naked")
options are speculative and may hurt the Fund's performance. The Fund may
attempt to hedge its investments in order to mitigate risk, but it is not
required to do so. The benefits to be derived from the Fund's derivatives and
options strategy are dependent upon the Advisor's ability to discern pricing
inefficiencies and predict trends in the commodities and other markets, which
decisions could prove to be inaccurate. This requires different skills and
techniques than predicting changes in the price of individual stocks or
fixed-income securities, and there can be no assurance that the use of this
strategy will be successful.

Strategic Transactions

The Fund may, but is not required to, use various strategic transactions
described below to seek to facilitate portfolio management and mitigate risks.
Such strategic transactions are regularly used by many mutual funds and other
institutional investors. Although the Advisor seeks to use these kinds of
transactions to further the Fund's investment objective, no assurance can be
given that they will achieve this result.

The Fund expects to invest in options, swaps and futures contracts, and may
engage in foreign currency transactions, including foreign currency forward
contracts and other strategic transactions, currency futures contracts, currency
swaps or options on currency or currency futures or credit transactions and
credit default swaps in connection with its investments in securities of foreign
commodity-related industries. Although not intended to be a significant element
in the Fund's investment strategy, from time to time the Fund may use various
other investment management techniques that also involve certain risks and
special considerations, including engaging in interest rate transactions and
short sales. The Fund has not invested in commodity-linked swaps in the past and
does not intend to invest in them in the future.

Collectively, all of the above are referred to as "Strategic Transactions." The
Fund generally seeks to use Strategic Transactions as a portfolio management or
hedging technique to protect against possible adverse changes in the market
value of securities held in or to be purchased for the Fund's portfolio, protect
the value of the Fund's portfolio, facilitate the sale of certain securities for
investment purposes, manage the effective interest rate exposure of the Fund, or
protect against changes in currency exchange rates. In addition, Strategic
Transactions may also include new techniques, instruments or strategies that are
permitted as regulatory changes occur. Strategic Transactions may be used
without limit (subject to certain limits imposed by the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended) to attempt to protect against possible changes in the
market value of securities held in or to be purchased for the Fund's portfolio
resulting from securities markets or currency exchange rate fluctuations, to
protect the Fund's unrealized gains in the value of its portfolio securities, to
facilitate the sale of such securities for investment purposes, to manage the
effective maturity or duration of the Fund's portfolio, or to establish a
position in the derivatives markets in anticipation of, or as a substitute for,
purchasing or selling particular securities.


Any or all of these investment techniques may be used at any time and in any
combination, and there is no particular strategy that dictates the use of one
technique rather than another, as use of any Strategic Transaction is a function
of numerous variables including market conditions. The ability of the Fund to
utilize these Strategic Transactions successfully will depend on the Advisor's
ability to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The Fund
will comply with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing these
strategies, techniques and instruments. Strategic Transactions will not be used
to alter fundamental investment purposes and characteristics of the Fund.

General Characteristics of Options. Put options and call options typically have
similar structural characteristics and operational mechanics regardless of the
underlying instrument on which they are purchased or sold. Thus, the following
general discussion relates to each of the particular types of options discussed
in greater detail below. In addition, many Strategic Transactions involving
options require segregation of fund assets in special accounts, as described
above under "Asset Segregation."


A put option gives the purchaser of the option, upon payment of a premium, the
right to sell, and the writer the obligation to buy, the underlying security,
commodity, index, currency or other instrument at the exercise price. For
instance, the Fund's purchase of a put option on a security might be designed to
protect its holdings in the underlying instrument (or, in some cases, a similar
instrument) against a substantial decline in the market value by giving the Fund
the right to sell such instrument at the option exercise price. A call option,
upon payment of a premium, gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy,
and the seller the obligation to sell, the underlying instrument at the exercise
price. The Fund's purchase of a call option on a security, financial future,
index, currency or other instrument might be intended to protect the Fund
against an increase in the price of the underlying instrument that it intends to
purchase in the future by fixing the price at which it may purchase such
instrument. An American style put or call option may be exercised at any time
during the option period while a European style put or call option may be
exercised only upon expiration or during a fixed period prior thereto. The Fund
is authorized to purchase and sell exchange listed options and over-the-counter
options ("OTC options"). Exchange listed options are issued by a regulated
intermediary such as the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), which guarantees
the performance of the obligations of the parties to such options. The
discussion below uses the OCC as an example, but is also applicable to other
financial intermediaries.

With certain exceptions, OCC-issued and exchange listed options generally settle
by physical delivery of the underlying security or currency, although in the
future cash settlement may become available. Index options and Eurodollar
instruments are cash settled for the net amount, if any, by which the option is
"in-the-money" (i.e., where the value of the underlying instrument exceeds, in
the case of a call option, or is less than, in the case of a put option, the
exercise price of the option) at the time the option is exercised. Frequently,
rather than taking or making delivery of the underlying instrument through the
process of exercising the option, listed options are closed by entering into
offsetting purchase or sale transactions that do not result in ownership of the
new option.

The Fund's ability to close out its position as a purchaser or seller of an
OCC-issued or exchange listed put or call option is dependent, in part, upon the
liquidity of the option market. Among the possible reasons for the absence of a
liquid option market on an exchange are: (i) insufficient trading interest in
certain options; (ii) restrictions on transactions imposed by an exchange; (iii)
trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions imposed with respect to
particular classes or series of options or underlying securities including
reaching daily price limits; (iv) interruption of the normal operations of the
OCC or an exchange; (v) inadequacy of the facilities of an exchange or OCC to
handle current trading volume; or (vi) a decision by one or more exchanges to
discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options),
in which event the relevant market for that option on that exchange would cease
to exist, although outstanding options on that exchange would generally continue
to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.

The hours of trading for listed options may not coincide with the hours during
which the underlying financial instruments are traded. To the extent that the
option markets close before the markets for the underlying financial
instruments, significant price and rate movements can take place in the
underlying markets that cannot be reflected in the option markets.


OTC options are purchased from or sold to securities dealers, financial
institutions or other parties ("Counterparties") through direct bilateral
agreement with the Counterparty. In contrast to exchange listed options, which
generally have standardized terms and performance mechanics, all the terms of an
OTC option, including such terms as method of settlement, term, exercise price,
premium, guarantees and security, are set by negotiation of the parties. The
Fund expects generally to enter into OTC options that have cash settlement
provisions, although it is not required to do so.


Unless the parties provide for it, there is no central clearing or guaranty
function in an OTC option. As a result, if the Counterparty fails to make or
take delivery of the security, currency or other instrument underlying an OTC
option it has entered into with the Fund or fails to make a cash settlement
payment due in accordance with the terms of that option, the Fund will lose any
premium it paid for the option as well as any anticipated benefit of the
transaction. Accordingly, the Advisor must assess the creditworthiness of each
such Counterparty or any guarantor or credit enhancement of the Counterparty's
credit to determine the likelihood that the terms of the OTC option will be
satisfied. The Fund will engage in OTC option transactions only with US
government securities dealers recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
as "primary dealers" or broker-dealers, domestic or foreign banks or other
financial institutions which have received (or the guarantors of the obligation
of which have received) a short-term credit rating of A-1 from S&P or P-1 from
Moody's or an equivalent rating from any other NRSRO or, in the case of OTC
currency transactions, are determined to be of equivalent credit quality by the
Advisor. The staff of the SEC currently takes the position that OTC options
purchased by the Fund, and portfolio securities "covering" the amount of the
Fund's obligation pursuant to an OTC option sold by it (the cost of the
sell-back plus the in-the-money amount, if any) are illiquid, and are subject to
the Fund's limitation on investing no more than 15% of its net assets in
illiquid securities.

If the Fund sells a call option, the premium that it receives may serve as a
partial hedge, to the extent of the option premium, against a decrease in the
value of the underlying securities or instruments in its portfolio or will
increase the Fund's income. The sale of put options can also provide income.


The Fund may purchase and sell call options on securities including US Treasury
and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, foreign sovereign debt,
corporate debt securities, equity securities (including convertible securities)
and Eurodollar instruments that are traded on US and foreign securities
exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets, and on securities indices,
currencies and futures contracts. All calls sold by the Fund must be "covered"
(i.e., the Fund must own the securities or futures contract subject to the call)
or must meet the requirements described above as long as the call is
outstanding. Even though the Fund will receive the option premium to help
protect it against loss, a call sold by the Fund exposes the Fund during the
term of the option to possible loss of opportunity to realize appreciation in
the market price of the underlying security or instrument and may require the
Fund to hold a security or instrument which it might otherwise have sold.


The Fund may purchase and sell put options on securities including US Treasury
and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, foreign sovereign debt,
corporate debt securities, equity securities (including convertible securities)
and Eurodollar instruments (whether or not it holds the above securities in its
portfolio), and on securities indices, currencies and futures contracts other
than futures on individual corporate debt and individual equity securities. The
Fund will not sell put options if, as a result, more than 50% of the Fund's
total assets would be required to be segregated to cover its potential
obligations under such put options other than those with respect to futures and
options thereon. In selling put options, there is a risk that the Fund may be
required to buy the underlying security at a disadvantageous price above the
market price.


Options on Securities Indices and Other Financial Indices. The Fund also may
purchase and sell call and put options on securities indices and other financial
indices and in so doing can achieve many of the same objectives it would achieve
through the sale or purchase of options on individual securities or other
instruments. Options on securities indices and other financial indices are
similar to options on a security or other instrument except that, rather than
settling by physical delivery of the underlying instrument, they settle by cash
settlement, i.e., an option on an index gives the holder the right to receive,
upon exercise of the option, an amount of cash if the closing level of the index
upon which the option is based exceeds, in the case of a call, or is less than,
in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option. This amount of cash is
equal to the excess of the closing price of the index over the exercise price of
the option, which also may be multiplied by a formula value. The seller of the
option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of
this amount. The gain or loss on an option on an index depends on price
movements in the instruments making up the market, market segment, industry or
other composite on which the underlying index is based, rather than price
movements in individual securities, as is the case with respect to options on
securities.


General Characteristics of Futures. The Fund may enter into futures contracts or
purchase or sell put and call options on such futures as a hedge against
anticipated interest rate, currency or equity market changes, and for duration
management, risk management and return enhancement purposes. Futures are
generally bought and sold on the commodities exchanges where they are listed
with payment of initial and variation margin as described below. The sale of a
futures contract creates a firm obligation by the Fund, as seller, to deliver to
the buyer the specific type of financial instrument called for in the contract
at a specific future time for a specified price (or, with respect to index
futures and Eurodollar instruments, the net cash amount). Options on futures
contracts are similar to options on securities except that an option on a
futures contract gives the purchaser the right in return for the premium paid to
assume a position in a futures contract and obligates the seller to deliver such
position.


The Fund has claimed exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool
operator" under the Commodity Exchange Act pursuant to regulations of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Therefore, the Fund is not subject to
commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange
Act. Futures and options on futures may be entered into for bona fide hedging,
risk management (including duration management) or other portfolio and return
enhancement management purposes to the extent consistent with the exclusion from
commodity pool operator registration. Typically, maintaining a futures contract
or selling an option thereon requires the Fund to deposit with a financial
intermediary as security for its obligations an amount of cash or other
specified assets (initial margin) which initially is typically 1% to 10% of the
face amount of the contract (but may be higher in some circumstances).
Additional cash or assets (variation margin) may be required to be deposited
thereafter on a daily basis as the marked to market value of the contract
fluctuates. The purchase of an option on financial futures involves payment of a
premium for the option without any further obligation on the part of the Fund.
If the Fund exercises an option on a futures contract it will be obligated to
post initial margin (and potential subsequent variation margin) for the
resulting futures position just as it would for any position. Futures contracts
and options thereon are generally settled by entering into an offsetting
transaction but there can be no assurance that the position can be offset prior
to settlement at an advantageous price, nor that delivery will occur.




Currency Transactions. The Fund may engage in currency transactions with
Counterparties primarily in order to hedge, or manage the risk of the value of
portfolio holdings denominated in particular currencies against fluctuations in
relative value. Currency transactions include forward currency contracts,
exchange listed currency futures, exchange listed and OTC options on currencies,
and currency swaps. A forward currency contract involves a privately negotiated
obligation to purchase or sell (with delivery generally required) a specific
currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date
of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the
contract. A currency swap is an agreement to exchange cash flows based on the
notional difference among two or more currencies and operates similarly to an
interest rate swap, which is described below. The Fund may enter into currency
transactions with Counterparties which have received (or the guarantors of the
obligations which have received) a credit rating of A-1 or P-1 by S&P or
Moody's, respectively, or that have an equivalent rating from a NRSRO or (except
for OTC currency options) are determined to be of equivalent credit quality by
the Advisor.

The Fund's dealings in forward currency contracts and other currency
transactions such as futures, options, options on futures and swaps generally
will be limited to hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio
positions except as described below. Transaction hedging is entering into a
currency transaction with respect to specific assets or liabilities of the Fund,
which will generally arise in connection with the purchase or sale of its
portfolio securities or the receipt of income therefrom. Position hedging is
entering into a currency transaction with respect to portfolio security
positions denominated or generally quoted in that currency.

The Fund generally will not enter into a transaction to hedge currency exposure
to an extent greater, after netting all transactions intended wholly or
partially to offset other transactions, than the aggregate market value (at the
time of entering into the transaction) of the securities held in its portfolio
that are denominated or generally quoted in or currently convertible into such
currency, other than with respect to proxy hedging or cross hedging as described
below.

The Fund may also cross-hedge currencies by entering into transactions to
purchase or sell one or more currencies that are expected to decline in value
relative to other currencies to which the Fund has or in which the Fund expects
to have portfolio exposure.


To reduce the effect of currency fluctuations on the value of existing or
anticipated holdings of portfolio securities, the Fund may also engage in proxy
hedging. Proxy hedging is often used when the currency to which the Fund's
portfolio is exposed is difficult to hedge or to hedge against the dollar. Proxy
hedging entails entering into a commitment or option to sell a currency whose
changes in value are generally considered to be correlated to a currency or
currencies in which some or all of the Fund's portfolio securities are or are
expected to be denominated, in exchange for US dollars. The amount of the
commitment or option would not exceed the value of the Fund's securities
denominated in correlated currencies. Currency hedging involves some of the same
risks and considerations as other transactions with similar instruments.
Currency transactions can result in losses to the Fund if the currency being
hedged fluctuates in value to a degree or in a direction that is not
anticipated. Further, there is the risk that the perceived correlation between
various currencies may not be present or may not be present during the
particular time that the Fund is engaging in proxy hedging. If the Fund enters
into a currency hedging transaction, the Fund will comply with the requirements
described above.


Risks of Currency Transactions. Currency transactions are subject to risks
different from those of other portfolio transactions. Because currency control
is of great importance to the issuing governments and influences economic
planning and policy, purchases and sales of currency and related instruments can
be negatively affected by government exchange controls, blockages, and
manipulations or exchange restrictions imposed by governments. These can result
in losses to the Fund if it is unable to deliver or receive currency or funds in
settlement of obligations and could also cause hedges it has entered into to be
rendered useless, resulting in full currency exposure as well as incurring
transaction costs. Buyers and sellers of currency futures are subject to the
same risks that apply to the use of futures generally. Further, settlement of a
currency futures contract for the purchase of most currencies must occur at a
bank based in the issuing nation. Trading options on currency futures is
relatively new, and the ability to establish and close out positions on such
options is subject to the maintenance of a liquid market which may not always be
available. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate based on factors extrinsic to
that country's economy.

Swaps, Caps, Floors and Collars. Among the Strategic Transactions into which the
Fund may enter are interest rate, currency, index and other swaps and the
purchase or sale of related caps, floors and collars. The Fund expects to enter
into these transactions primarily to preserve a return or spread on a particular
investment or portion of its portfolio, to protect against currency
fluctuations, as a duration management technique or to protect against any
increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later
date. The Fund will not sell interest rate caps or floors where it does not own
securities or other instruments providing the income stream the Fund may be
obligated to pay. Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by the Fund with
another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, e.g.,
an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments with respect to a
notional amount of principal. A currency swap is an agreement to exchange cash
flows on a notional amount of two or more currencies based on the relative value
differential among them and an index swap is an agreement to swap cash flows on
a notional amount based on changes in the values of the reference indices. The
Fund has not invested in commodity-linked swaps and does not intend to invest in
them in the future. The purchase of a cap entitles the purchaser to receive
payments on a notional principal amount from the party selling such cap to the
extent that a specified index exceeds a predetermined interest rate or amount.
The purchase of a floor entitles the purchaser to receive payments on a notional
principal amount from the party selling such floor to the extent that a
specified index falls below a predetermined interest rate or amount. A collar is
a combination of a cap and a floor that preserves a certain return within a
predetermined range of interest rates or values.



Combined Transactions. The Fund may enter into multiple transactions, including
multiple options transactions, multiple futures transactions, multiple currency
transactions (including forward currency contracts) and multiple interest rate
transactions and any combination of futures, options, currency and interest rate
transactions ("component" transactions), instead of a single Strategic
Transaction, as part of a single or combined strategy when, in the opinion of
the Advisor, it is in the best interests of the Fund to do so. A combined
transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of
its component transactions. Although combined transactions are normally entered
into based on the Advisor's judgment that the combined strategies will reduce
risk or otherwise more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management
goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or
hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective.

Securities of Non-US Issuers

General. The Fund will, under normal market conditions, invest a significant
portion of its assets in non-US securities.

The Fund may invest in securities of non-US issuers directly or in the form of
American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"),
Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") and International Depository Receipts
("IDRs") or other similar securities representing ownership of securities of
non-US issuers held in trust by a bank or similar financial institution. These
securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the
securities they represent. Designed for use in US, European and international
securities markets, respectively, ADRs, EDRs, GDRs and IDRs are alternatives to
the purchase of the underlying securities in their national markets and
currencies, but are subject to the same risks as the non-US securities to which
they relate.


With respect to certain countries in which capital markets are either less
developed or not easily accessed, investments by the Fund may be made through
investment in other investment companies that in turn are authorized to invest
in the securities of such countries. Investment in other investment companies is
generally limited in amount by the 1940 Act, will involve the indirect payment
of a portion of the expenses involved (including the advisory fees of such other
investment companies) and may result in a duplication of fees and expenses.


Investments in American, European, Global and International Depository Receipts.
The Fund may invest in non-US securities in the form of ADRs, EDRs, GDRs, or
IDRs. ADRs are receipts typically issued by a US bank or trust company which
evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation.
EDRs and IDRs are receipts issued in Europe typically by non-US banking and
trust companies that evidence ownership of either foreign or US securities. GDRs
are receipts issued by either a US or non-US banking institution evidencing
ownership of the underlying non-US securities. Generally, ADRs, in registered
form, are designed for use in US securities markets and EDRs, GDRs and IDRs, in
bearer form, are designed for use in European and international securities
markets. An ADR, EDR, GDR or IDR may be denominated in a currency different from
the currency in which the underlying foreign security is denominated.

Investments in Emerging Markets. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets
in one or more countries with emerging securities markets. These countries are
generally located in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and
Asia. Political and economic structures in many of these countries may be
undergoing significant evolution and rapid development, and these countries may
lack the social, political and economic stability characteristic of more
developed countries. Certain of these countries may have in the past failed to
recognize private property rights and, at times, may have nationalized or
expropriated the assets of private companies. As a result, these risks,
including the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets, may be
heightened. In addition, unanticipated political or social developments may
affect the value of the Fund's investments in these countries, as well as the
availability of additional investments in these countries. The small size and
inexperience of the securities markets in certain of these countries and the
limited volume of trading in securities in these countries may make the Fund's
investments in these countries illiquid and more volatile than investments in
most Western European countries, and the Fund may be required to establish
special custodial or other arrangements before making certain investments in
some of these countries.

Securities markets of emerging countries may also have less efficient clearance
and settlement procedures than US markets, making it difficult to conduct and
complete transactions. Delays in the settlement could result in temporary
periods when a portion of the Fund's assets is uninvested and no return is
earned thereon. Inability to make intended security purchases could cause the
Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities. Inability to dispose of
portfolio securities could result either in losses to the Fund due to subsequent
declines in value of the portfolio security or, if the Fund has entered into a
contract to sell the security, could result in possible liability of the Fund to
the purchaser. In addition, transaction costs, including brokerage commissions
and dealer mark-ups, in emerging countries may be higher than in the US and
other developed securities markets.

As legal systems in emerging countries develop, foreign investors may be
adversely affected by new or amended laws and regulations. In circumstances
where adequate laws exist, it may not be possible to obtain swift and equitable
enforcement of the law. Furthermore, with respect to investments in certain
emerging countries, archaic legal systems may have an adverse impact on the
Fund. For example, while the potential liability of a shareholder in a US
corporation with respect to acts of the corporation is generally limited to the
amount of the shareholder's investment, the notion of limited liability is less
clear in certain emerging countries. Similarly, the rights of investors in
emerging country companies may be more limited than those of shareholders of US
corporations.

In addition, there may be little financial or accounting information available
with respect to issuers located in certain of these countries, and it may be
difficult as a result to assess the value or prospects of an investment in these
countries. The laws of some foreign countries may limit the Fund's ability to
invest in securities of certain issuers located in those countries.

Region and Country Investing. The Fund may focus its investments in a particular
region and/or in one or more foreign countries. Focusing the Fund's investments
in a particular region or country will subject the Fund (to a greater extent
than if its investments in such region or country were more diversified) to the
risks of adverse securities markets, exchange rates and social, political or
economic developments which may occur in that particular region or country.

For purposes of the Fund's investment objective, a company is considered to be
located in a particular country if it (1) is organized under the laws of that
country and has a principal place of business in that country or (2) derives 50%
or more of its total revenues from business in that country.

Currency Management

General. In connection with the Fund's investments denominated in foreign
currencies, the Advisor may choose to utilize a variety of currency management
(hedging) strategies. The Advisor seeks to take advantage of different yield,
risk and return characteristics that different currencies, currency
denominations and countries can provide to US investors. In doing so, the
Advisor will consider such factors as the outlook for currency relationships;
current and anticipated interest rates; levels of inflation within various
countries; prospects for relative economic growth; and government policies
influencing currency exchange rates and business conditions. Although the
Adviser may attempt to manage currency exchange rate risks, there is no
assurance that the Adviser will do so, or do so at an appropriate time or that
the Adviser will be able to predict exchange rates accurately.

Currency Exchange Transactions. Because the Fund may buy and sell securities
denominated in currencies other than the US dollar and receives interest,
dividends and sale proceeds in currencies other than the US dollar, the Fund
from time to time may enter into currency exchange transactions to convert to
and from different currencies and to convert foreign currencies to and from the
US dollar. The Fund either enters into these transactions on a spot (i.e., cash)
basis at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market or uses
forward currency exchange contracts (discussed below) to purchase or sell
currencies.

Currency Hedging. The Fund's currency hedging strategies will be limited to
hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio positions.
Transaction hedging is the purchase or sale of forward currency with respect to
specific receivables or payables of the Fund generally accruing in connection
with the purchase or sale of its portfolio securities. Position hedging is the
sale of forward currency with respect to portfolio security positions. The Fund
may not position hedge to an extent greater than the aggregate market value (at
the time of entering into the hedge) of the hedged securities.

Proper currency hedging is important because a decline in the US dollar value of
a foreign currency in which the Fund's securities are denominated will reduce
the US dollar value of the securities, even if their value in the foreign
currency remains constant. The use of currency hedges does not eliminate
fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities, but it does establish a
rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. For example, in order to
protect against diminutions in the US dollar value of non-dollar denominated
securities it holds, the Fund may purchase foreign currency put options. If the
value of the foreign currency does decline, the Fund will have the right to sell
the currency for a fixed amount in dollars and will thereby offset, in whole or
in part, the adverse effect on the US dollar value of its securities that
otherwise would have resulted. Conversely, if a rise in the US dollar value of a
currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected,
thereby potentially increasing the cost of the securities, the Fund may purchase
call options on the particular currency. The purchase of these options could
offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements in exchange
rates. The benefit to the Fund derived from purchases of currency options, like
the benefit derived from other types of options, will be reduced by premiums and
other transaction costs. Because transactions in currency exchange are generally
conducted on a principal basis, no fees or commissions are generally involved.
Currency hedging involves some of the same risks and considerations as other
transactions with similar instruments. Although currency hedges limit the risk
of loss due to a decline in the value of a hedged currency, at the same time,
they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the
currency increase. If a devaluation is generally anticipated, the Fund may not
be able to contract to sell a currency at a price above the devaluation level it
anticipates.

Cross Hedging. At the discretion of the Advisor, the Fund may employ the
currency hedging strategy known as "cross-hedging" by using forward currency
contracts, currency options or a combination of both. When engaging in
cross-hedging, the Fund seeks to protect against a decline in the value of a
foreign currency in which certain of its portfolio securities are denominated by
selling that currency forward into a different foreign currency for the purpose
of diversifying the Fund's total currency exposure or gaining exposure to a
foreign currency that is expected to outperform.

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts. A forward currency exchange contract is an
obligation by the Fund to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date,
which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract. Forward
currency exchange contracts establish an exchange rate at a future date. These
contracts are transferable in the interbank market conducted directly between
currency traders (usually large commercial banks and brokerages) and their
customers. A forward currency exchange contract may not have a deposit
requirement and may be traded at a net price without commission. The Fund
maintains with its custodian a segregated account of cash or liquid securities
in an amount at least equal to its obligations under each forward currency
exchange contract. Neither spot transactions nor forward currency exchange
contracts eliminate fluctuations in the prices of the Fund's securities or in
foreign exchange rates, or prevent loss if the prices of these securities should
decline.

The Fund may enter into foreign currency hedging transactions in an attempt to
protect against changes in currency exchange rates between the trade and
settlement dates of specific securities transactions or changes in currency
exchange rates that would adversely affect a portfolio position or an
anticipated investment position. Since consideration of the prospect for
currency parities will be incorporated into the Advisor's long-term investment
decisions, the Fund will not routinely enter into currency hedging transactions
with respect to security transactions; however, the Advisor believes that it is
important to have the flexibility to enter into currency hedging transactions
when it determines that the transactions would be in the Fund's best interest.
Although these transactions tend to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline
in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they tend to limit any
potential gain that might be realized should the value of the hedged currency
increase. The precise matching of the forward contract amounts and the value of
the securities involved will not generally be possible because the future value
of such securities in foreign currencies will change as a consequence of market
movements in the value of such securities between the date the forward contract
is entered into and the date it matures. The projection of currency market
movements is extremely difficult, and the successful execution of a hedging
strategy is highly uncertain.

While these contracts are not presently regulated by the CFTC, the CFTC may in
the future assert authority to regulate forward contracts. In such event the
Fund's ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. Forward contracts
may reduce the potential gain from a positive change in the relationship between
the US dollar and foreign currencies. Unanticipated changes in currency prices
may result in poorer overall performance for the Fund than if it had not entered
into such contracts. The use of currency forward contracts may not eliminate
fluctuations in the underlying US dollar equivalent value of the prices of or
rates of return on the Fund's foreign currency denominated portfolio securities
and the use of such techniques will subject the Fund to certain risks.

The matching of the increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in
the US dollar equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that is
the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise. In addition, the Fund
may not always be able to enter into currency forward contracts at attractive
prices and this will limit the Fund's ability to use such contract to hedge or
cross-hedge its assets. Also, with regard to the Fund's use of cross-hedges,
there can be no assurance that historical correlations between the movement of
certain foreign currencies relative to the US dollar will continue. Thus, at any
time poor correlation may exist between movements in the exchange rates of the
foreign currencies underlying the Fund's cross-hedges and the movements in the
exchange rates of the foreign currencies in which the Fund's assets that are the
subject of such cross-hedges are denominated.

The Fund will segregate cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the
value of the Fund's total assets committed to the consummation of forward
currency contracts requiring the Fund to purchase foreign currencies or forward
contracts entered into for non-hedging purposes. If the value of the segregated
securities declines, additional cash or liquid securities will be segregated on
a daily basis so that the value of the assets will equal the amount of the
Fund's commitments with respect to such contracts. The segregated assets will be
marked-to-market on a daily basis.

Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund may write covered put and call options
and purchase put and call options on foreign currencies for the purpose of
protecting against declines in the dollar value of portfolio securities and
against increases in the dollar cost of securities to be acquired. The Fund may
use options on currencies to cross-hedge, which involves writing or purchasing
options on one currency to hedge against changes in exchange rates for a
different, but related currency. As with other types of options, however, the
writing of an option on foreign currency will constitute only a partial hedge up
to the amount of the premium received, and the Fund could be required to
purchase or sell foreign currencies at disadvantageous exchange rates, thereby
incurring losses. The purchase of an option on foreign currency may be used to
hedge against fluctuations in exchange rates although, in the event of exchange
rate movements adverse to the Fund's position, it may forfeit the entire amount
of the premium plus related transaction costs. In addition the Fund may purchase
call options on currency when the Advisor anticipates that the currency will
appreciate in value.

The Fund may also write options on foreign currencies for the same types of
hedging purposes. For example, where the Fund anticipates a decline in the
dollar value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse
fluctuations in exchange rates it could, instead of purchasing a put option,
write a call option on the relevant currency. If the expected decline occurs,
the options will most likely not be exercised, and the diminution in value of
portfolio securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.

Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option to hedge against an anticipated
increase in the dollar cost of securities to be acquired, the Fund could write a
put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner
projected, will expire unexercised and allow the Fund to hedge such increased
cost up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of options,
however, the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial
hedge up to the amount of the premium, and only if rates move in the expected
direction. If this does not occur, the option may be exercised and the Fund
would be required to purchase or sell the underlying currency at a loss which
may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options
on foreign currencies, the Fund also may be required to forego all or a portion
of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable
movements in exchange rates.

The Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option
written on a foreign currency by the Fund is "covered" if the Fund owns the
underlying foreign currency covered by the call or has an absolute and immediate
right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or
for additional cash consideration identified on the Fund's books) upon
conversion or exchange of other foreign currency held in its portfolio. A call
option is also covered if the Fund has a call on the same foreign currency and
in the same principal amount as the call written where the exercise price of the
call held (a) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or
(b) is greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is
segregated by the Fund in cash or liquid securities.

The Fund also may write call options on foreign currencies that are not covered
for cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is for
cross-hedging purposes if it is not covered, but is designed to provide a hedge
against a decline in the US dollar value of a security which the Fund owns or
has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the
option due to an adverse change in the exchange rate. In such circumstances, the
Fund collateralizes the option by segregating cash or liquid securities in an
amount not less than the value of the underlying foreign currency in US dollars
marked to market daily.

There is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any
particular option, or at any particular time. If the Fund is unable to effect a
closing purchase transaction with respect to covered options it has written, the
Fund will not be able to sell the underlying currency or dispose of assets held
in a segregated account until the options expire or are exercised. Similarly, if
the Fund is unable to effect a closing sale transaction with respect to options
it has purchased, it would have to exercise the options in order to realize any
profit and will incur transaction costs upon the purchase or sale of underlying
currency. The Fund pays brokerage commissions or spreads in connection with its
options transactions.

As in the case of forward contracts, certain options on foreign currencies are
traded over-the-counter and involve liquidity and credit risks which may not be
present in the case of exchange-traded currency options. In some circumstances,
the Fund's ability to terminate OTC options may be more limited than with
exchange-traded options. It is also possible that broker-dealers participating
in OTC options transactions will not fulfill their obligations. The Fund intends
to treat OTC options as not readily marketable and therefore subject to the
Fund's limitation with respect to illiquid securities.

Additional Limitations and Risk Factors

In addition to the risks discussed above, the Fund's investments may be subject
to the following limitations and risk factors:

Additional Risks Related To Transactions in Options, Futures Contracts, Options
on Futures Contracts, Swaps And Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts. The
Fund's active management techniques involve (1) liquidity risk (contractual
positions cannot be easily closed out in the event of market changes or
generally in the absence of a liquid secondary market), (2) correlation risk
(changes in the value of hedging positions may not match the securities market
and foreign currency fluctuations intended to be hedged), and (3) market risk
(an incorrect prediction of securities prices or exchange rates by the Advisor
may cause the Fund to perform worse than if such positions had not been taken).
In addition, the ability to terminate OTC options is more limited than with
exchange traded options and may involve the risk that the counter party to the
option will not fulfill its obligations.

Asset Coverage. The Fund will comply with the segregation or coverage guidelines
established by the Commission and other applicable regulatory bodies with
respect to certain transactions, including (but not limited to) options written
on securities and securities and commodities indices; commodities, currency,
interest rate and security index futures contracts and options on these futures
contracts; and forward currency contracts. These guidelines may, in certain
instances, require segregation by the Fund of cash or liquid securities to the
extent the Fund's obligations with respect to these strategies are not otherwise
covered through ownership of the underlying security or financial instrument, by
other portfolio positions or by other means consistent with applicable
regulatory policies. Unless the transaction is covered, the segregated assets
must at all times equal or exceed the Fund's obligations with respect to these
strategies. Segregated assets cannot be sold or transferred unless equivalent
assets are substituted in their place or it is no longer necessary to segregate
them. As a result, there is a possibility that segregation of a large percentage
of the Fund's assets could impede portfolio management or the Fund's ability to
meet redemption requests or other current obligations.

For example, a call option written on securities may require the Fund to hold
the securities subject to the call (or securities convertible into the
securities without additional consideration) or to segregate assets (as
described above) sufficient to purchase and deliver the securities if the call
is exercised. A call option written on an index may require the Fund to own
portfolio securities that correlate with the index or to segregate assets (as
described above) equal to the excess of the index value over the exercise price
on a current basis. A put option written by the Fund may require the Fund to
segregate assets (as described above) equal to the exercise price. The Fund
could purchase a put option if the strike price of that option is the same or
higher than the strike price of a put option sold by the Fund. If the Fund holds
a futures contract, the Fund could purchase a put option on the same futures
contract with a strike price as high or higher than the price of the contract
held. The Fund may enter into fully or partially offsetting transactions so that
its net position, coupled with any segregated assets (equal to any remaining
obligation), equals its net obligation. Asset coverage may be achieved by other
means when consistent with applicable regulatory policies.

The Board of Trustees of the Fund has authorized the use of futures contracts
and options on futures contracts as a hedge and the use of stock index futures
on a continual basis to equitize cash so that the Fund may maintain 100% equity
exposure. The use of options, futures and foreign currency contracts is a highly
specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks that are
different from those associated with ordinary portfolio transactions. Gains and
losses on investments in options and futures depend on the Advisor's ability to
predict the direction of stock prices, interest rates, currency movements and
other economic factors. The loss that may be incurred by the Fund in entering
into futures contracts and written options thereon and forward currency
contracts is potentially unlimited. There is no assurance that higher than
anticipated trading activity or other unforeseen events might not, at times,
render certain facilities of an options clearing entity or other entity
performing the regulatory and liquidity functions of an options clearing entity
inadequate, and thereby result in the institution by an exchange of special
procedures which may interfere with the timely execution of customers' orders.
Most futures exchanges limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in a futures
contract's prices during a single trading day. Once the limit has been reached
no further trades may be made that day at a price beyond the limit. The price
limit will not limit potential losses, and may in fact prevent the prompt
liquidation of futures positions, ultimately resulting in further losses.
Options and futures traded on foreign exchanges generally are not regulated by
US authorities, and may offer less liquidity and less protection to the Fund in
the event of default by the other party to the contract.

Except as set forth above under "Derivative Securities: Futures Contracts and
Options on Futures Contracts," there is no limit on the percentage of the assets
of the Fund that may be at risk with respect to futures contracts and related
options or forward currency contracts. The Fund may not invest more than 25% of
its total assets in purchased protective put options. The Fund's transactions in
options, forward currency contracts, futures contracts and options on futures
contracts may be limited by the requirements for qualification of the Fund as a
regulated investment company ("RIC") for tax purposes. See "Taxes." There can be
no assurance that the use of these portfolio strategies will be successful.

Investment Restrictions on Futures Transactions. The Fund will not enter into
any futures contracts or options on futures contracts if immediately thereafter
the amount of margin deposits on all the futures contracts of the Fund and
premiums paid on outstanding options on futures contracts owned by the Fund
(other than those entered into for bona fide hedging purposes) would exceed 5%
of the Fund's net asset value, after taking into account unrealized profits and
unrealized losses on any such contracts.

Non-US Securities. Although the Fund intends to invest primarily in securities
of established companies based in developed countries, investors should realize
that the value of the Fund's investments may be adversely affected by changes in
political or social conditions, diplomatic relations, confiscatory taxation,
expropriation, nationalization, limitation on the removal of funds or assets, or
imposition of (or change in) exchange control or tax regulations in those
foreign countries. In addition, changes in government administrations or
economic or monetary policies in the United States or abroad could result in
appreciation or depreciation of portfolio securities and could favorably or
unfavorably affect the Fund's operations. Furthermore, the economies of
individual foreign nations may differ from the US economy, whether favorably or
unfavorably, in areas such as growth of gross national product, rate of
inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of
payments position; it may also be more difficult to obtain and enforce a
judgment against a foreign issuer. In general, less information is publicly
available with respect to non-US issuers than is available with respect to US
companies. Most foreign companies are also not subject to the uniform accounting
and financial reporting requirements applicable to issuers in the United States.
Any foreign investments made by the Fund must be made in compliance with US and
foreign currency restrictions and tax laws restricting the amounts and types of
foreign investments.

Because non-US securities generally are denominated and pay dividends or
interest in foreign currencies, and the Fund holds various foreign currencies
from time to time, the value of the net assets of the Fund as measured in US
dollars will be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in exchange rates.
Generally, the Fund's currency exchange transactions will be conducted on a spot
(i.e., cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market.
The cost of the Fund's currency exchange transactions will generally be the
difference between the bid and offer spot rate of the currency being purchased
or sold. In order to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign
currency exchange, the Fund is authorized to enter into certain foreign currency
exchange transactions.

In addition, while the volume of transactions effected on foreign stock
exchanges has increased in recent years, in most cases it remains appreciably
below that of The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE"). Accordingly, the
Fund's foreign investments may be less liquid and their prices may be more
volatile than comparable investments in securities of US companies. Moreover,
the settlement periods for non-US securities, which are often longer than those
for securities of US issuers, may affect portfolio liquidity. In buying and
selling securities on foreign exchanges, the Fund normally pays fixed
commissions that are generally higher than the negotiated commissions charged in
the United States. In addition, there is generally less government supervision
and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers and issuers in foreign countries
than in the United States.

Emerging Markets. The world's industrialized markets generally include but are
not limited to the following: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States; the world's emerging
markets generally include but are not limited to the following: Argentina,
Botswana, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, the
Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, the
Ivory Coast, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela,
Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

Investment in securities of issuers based in underdeveloped emerging markets
entails all of the risks of investing in securities of non-US issuers outlined
above but to a heightened degree. These heightened risks include: (1) greater
risks of expropriation, confiscatory taxation, nationalization, and less social,
political and economic stability; (2) the smaller size of the market for such
securities and a low or nonexistent volume of trading, resulting in lack of
liquidity and in price volatility; and (3) certain national policies which may
restrict the Fund's investment opportunities including restrictions on investing
in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to relevant national interests.

In addition to brokerage commissions, custodial services and other costs
relating to investment in emerging markets are generally more expensive than in
the United States. Such markets have been unable to keep pace with the volume of
securities transactions, making it difficult to conduct such transactions. The
inability of the Fund to make intended securities purchases due to settlement
problems could cause the Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities.
Inability to dispose of a security due to settlement problems could result
either in losses to the Fund due to subsequent declines in the value of the
security or, if the Fund has entered into a contract to sell the security, could
result in possible liability to the purchaser.

Rating Services. The ratings of rating services represent their opinions as to
the quality of the securities that they undertake to rate. It should be
emphasized, however, that ratings are relative and subjective and are not
absolute standards of quality. Although these ratings are an initial criterion
for selection of portfolio investments, the Advisor also makes its own
evaluation of these securities, subject to review by the Board of Trustees.
After purchase by the Fund, an obligation may cease to be rated or its rating
may be reduced below the minimum required for purchase by the Fund. Neither
event would require the Fund to eliminate the obligation from its portfolio, but
the Advisor will consider such an event in its determination of whether the Fund
should continue to hold the obligation. A description of the ratings used herein
and in the Fund's prospectuses is set forth in the Appendix to this SAI.

Other Investments and Investment Practices

Illiquid Securities. Historically, illiquid securities have included securities
subject to contractual or legal restrictions on resale because they have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"),
securities which are otherwise not readily marketable and repurchase agreements
having a maturity of longer than seven days. Securities which have not been
registered under the 1933 Act are referred to as private placements or
restricted securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the
secondary market. Non-publicly traded securities (including Rule 144A
Securities) may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may
result in substantial losses. These securities may be less liquid than publicly
traded securities, and it may take longer to liquidate these positions than
would be the case for publicly traded securities. Companies whose securities are
not publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor
protection requirements applicable to companies whose securities are publicly
traded. Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of
portfolio securities and a mutual fund might be unable to dispose of restricted
or other illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices and might thereby
experience difficulty satisfying redemptions within seven days. An investment in
illiquid securities is subject to the risk that should the Fund desire to sell
any of these securities when a ready buyer is not available at a price that is
deemed to be representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net assets
could be adversely affected.

Mutual funds do not typically hold a significant amount of these restricted or
other illiquid securities because of the potential for delays on resale and
uncertainty in valuation. A mutual fund might also have to register such
restricted securities in order to dispose of them resulting in additional
expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could impede such a public offering
of securities.

A large institutional market has developed for certain securities that are not
registered under the 1933 Act, including repurchase agreements, commercial
paper, non-US securities, municipal securities and corporate bonds and notes.
Institutional investors depend on an efficient institutional market in which the
unregistered security can be readily resold or on an issuer's ability to honor a
demand for repayment. The fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions
on resale of such investments to the general public or to certain institutions
may not be indicative of their liquidity.

The SEC has adopted Rule 144A, which allows a broader institutional trading
market for securities otherwise subject to restriction on their resale to the
general public. Rule 144A establishes a "safe harbor" from the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act for resales of certain securities to qualified
institutional buyers. The Advisor anticipates that the market for certain
restricted securities such as institutional commercial paper will expand further
as a result of this regulation and the development of automated systems for the
trading, clearance and settlement of unregistered securities of domestic and
non-US issuers, such as the PORTAL System sponsored by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

An investment in Rule 144A Securities will be considered illiquid and therefore
subject to the Fund's limit on the purchase of illiquid securities unless the
Board or its delegates determines that the Rule 144A Securities are liquid. In
reaching liquidity decisions, the Board and its delegates may consider, inter
alia, the following factors: (i) the unregistered nature of the security; (ii)
the frequency of trades and quotes for the security; (iii) the number of dealers
wishing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential
purchasers; (iv) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security and (v)
the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades (e.g., the
time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers and the
mechanics of the transfer).

Investing in Rule 144A Securities could have the effect of increasing the level
of illiquidity in the Fund to the extent that qualified institutional buyers are
unavailable or uninterested in purchasing such securities from the Fund. The
Board has adopted guidelines and delegated to the Advisor the daily function of
determining and monitoring the liquidity of Rule 144A Securities, although the
Board will retain ultimate responsibility for any liquidity determinations.


Impact of Large Redemptions and Purchases of Fund Shares. From time to time,
shareholders of the Fund (which may include affiliated and/or non-affiliated
registered investment companies that invest in the Fund) may make relatively
large redemptions or purchases of Fund shares. These transactions may cause the
Fund to have to sell securities or invest additional cash, as the case may be.
While it is impossible to predict the overall impact of these transactions over
time, there could be adverse effects on the Fund's performance to the extent
that the Fund may be required to sell securities or invest cash at times when it
would not otherwise do so. These transactions could also accelerate the
realization of taxable income if sales of securities resulted in capital gains
or other income and could also increase transaction costs, which may impact the
Fund's expense ratio.


To Be Announced (TBA) Purchase Commitments. The Fund may enter into TBA purchase
commitments to purchase securities for a fixed price at a future date, typically
not exceeding 45 days. TBA purchase commitments may be considered securities in
themselves, and involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be
purchased declines prior to settlement date, which risk is in addition to the
risk of decline in the value of the Fund's other assets. Unsettled TBA purchase
commitments are valued at the current market value of the underlying securities.

When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities. The Fund may purchase securities on
a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. Delivery of and payment for these
securities can take place a month or more after the date of the purchase
commitment. The payment obligation and the interest rate that will be received
on when-issued and delayed-delivery securities are fixed at the time the buyer
enters into the commitment. Due to fluctuations in the value of securities
purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis, the yields
obtained on such securities may be higher or lower than the yields available in
the market on the dates when the investments are actually delivered to the
buyers. When-issued securities may include securities purchased on a "when, as
and if issued" basis, under which the issuance of the security depends on the
occurrence of a subsequent event, such as approval of a merger, corporate
reorganization or debt restructuring. The value of such securities is subject to
market fluctuation during this period and no interest or income, as applicable,
accrues to the Fund until settlement takes place.

At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase securities on a
when-issued or delayed delivery basis, it will record the transaction, reflect
the value each day of such securities in determining its net asset value and, if
applicable, calculate the maturity for the purposes of average maturity from
that date. At the time of settlement a when-issued security may be valued at
less than the purchase price. To facilitate such acquisitions, the Fund
identifies on its books cash or liquid assets in an amount at least equal to
such commitments. It may be expected that the Fund's net assets will fluctuate
to a greater degree when it sets aside portfolio securities to cover such
purchase commitments than when it sets aside cash. On delivery dates for such
transactions, the Fund will meet its obligations from maturities or sales of the
segregated securities and/or from cash flow. If the Fund chooses to dispose of
the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition, it could,
as with the disposition of any other portfolio obligation, incur a gain or loss
due to market fluctuation. It is the current policy of the Fund not to enter
into when-issued commitments exceeding in the aggregate 15% of the market value
of the Fund's total assets, less liabilities other than the obligations created
by when-issued commitments. When the Fund engages in when-issued or
delayed-delivery transactions, it relies on the other party to consummate the
trade. Failure of the seller to do so may result in the Fund's incurring a loss
or missing an opportunity to obtain a price considered to be advantageous.

Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may engage in repurchase agreement transactions
with member banks of the Federal Reserve System and certain non-bank dealers,
including governmental securities dealers approved by the Fund's Board of
Trustees. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund would
acquire any underlying security for a relatively short period (usually not more
than one week), subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and the
Fund to resell, the obligation at an agreed price and time, thereby determining
the yield during the Fund's holding period. This arrangement results in a fixed
rate of return that is not subject to market fluctuations during the Fund's
holding period. The value of the underlying securities will be at least equal at
all times to the total amount of the repurchase obligations, including interest.
The Fund bears a risk of loss in the event of default by or bankruptcy of the
other party to a repurchase agreement. The Fund may be delayed in, or prevented
from, exercising its rights to dispose of the collateralized securities. To the
extent that, in the meantime, the value of the securities repurchased had
decreased or the value of the securities had increased, the Fund could
experience a loss. The Advisor reviews the creditworthiness of those banks and
dealers with which the Fund enters into repurchase agreements and monitors on an
ongoing basis the value of the securities subject to repurchase agreements to
ensure that it is maintained at the required level. A repurchase agreement is
considered to be a loan under the 1940 Act.


Reverse Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may borrow funds for temporary or
emergency purposes, such as meeting larger than anticipated redemption requests,
and not for leverage, by among other things, agreeing to sell portfolio
securities to financial institutions such as member banks of the Federal Reserve
System and certain non-bank dealers and to repurchase them at a mutually agreed
date and price (a "reverse repurchase agreement"). A Fund's liquidity and
ability to manage its assets might be affected when it sets aside cash or
portfolio securities to cover such commitments. Reverse repurchase agreements
involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by the Fund may
decline below the repurchase price of those securities. In the event the buyer
of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or
becomes insolvent, such buyer or its trustee or receiver may receive an
extension of time to determine whether to enforce a Fund's obligation to
repurchase the securities, and the Fund's use of the proceeds of the reverse
repurchase agreement may effectively be restricted pending such decision.
Reverse repurchase agreements are considered to be borrowings by the Fund.


Mortgage Dollar Rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage "dollar rolls" in which
a Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously
contracts to repurchase substantially similar, but not identical (same type,
coupon and maturity), securities on a specified future date. During the roll
period, the Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund
is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the lower
forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the "drop") or fee
income and by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. A
"covered roll" is a specific type of dollar roll for which there is an
offsetting cash position or a cash equivalent security position which matures on
or before the forward settlement date of the dollar roll transaction. The Fund
may enter into both covered and uncovered rolls. At the time the Fund enters
into a dollar roll transaction, it will segregate with an approved custodian
cash or liquid securities having a value not less than the repurchase price
(including accrued interest) and will subsequently monitor the segregated assets
to ensure that its value is maintained.


Lending of Fund Securities. The Fund may lend its investment securities to
approved institutional borrowers who need to borrow securities in order to
complete certain transactions, such as covering short sales, avoiding failures
to deliver securities or completing arbitrage operations. By lending its
investment securities, the Fund attempts to increase its net investment income
through the receipt of interest on the loan. Any gain or loss in the market
price of the securities loaned that might occur during the term of the loan
would belong to the Fund. The Fund may lend its investment securities so long as
the terms, structure and the aggregate amount of such loans are not inconsistent
with the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations or interpretations of the SEC
thereunder, which currently require, among other things, that (a) the borrower
pledge and maintain with the Fund collateral consisting of liquid, unencumbered
assets having a value at all times not less than 100% of the value of the
securities loaned, (b) the borrower add to such collateral whenever the price of
the securities loaned rises (i.e., the borrower "marks to the market" on a daily
basis), (c) the loan be made subject to termination by the Fund at any time, and
(d) the Fund receives reasonable interest on the loan (which may include the
Fund investing any cash collateral in interest bearing short-term investments),
and distributions on the loaned securities and any increase in their market
value. There may be risks of delay in recovery of the securities or even loss of
rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially.
However, loans will be made only to borrowers selected by the Fund's delegate
after a commercially reasonable review of relevant facts and circumstances,
including the creditworthiness of the borrower.

The Fund may pay negotiated fees in connection with loaned securities, pursuant
to written contracts. In addition, voting rights may pass with the loaned
securities, but if a material event occurs affecting an investment on loan, the
loan must be called and the securities voted. Pursuant to an exemptive order
granted by the SEC, cash collateral received by the Fund may be invested in a
money market fund managed by the Advisor (or one of its affiliates).




Borrowing. The Fund will not borrow money (including through reverse repurchase
agreements or dollar roll transactions) for any purpose in excess of 5% of its
total assets, except that it may borrow for temporary or emergency purposes up
to 1/3 of its total assets. Furthermore, additional investments (including
roll-overs) will not be made when borrowings (including reverse repurchase
agreements) exceed 5% of each Fund's total assets. Under the 1940 Act, the Fund
is required to maintain continuous asset coverage of 300% with respect to such
borrowings and to sell (within three days) sufficient portfolio holdings to
restore such coverage if it should decline to less than 300% due to market
fluctuations or otherwise, even if such liquidation of the Fund's holdings may
be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint.

Leveraging by means of borrowing may exaggerate the effect of any increase or
decrease in the value of the Fund's securities and the Fund's NAV per Share, and
money borrowed by the Fund will be subject to interest and other costs (which
may include commitment fees and/or the cost of maintaining minimum average
balances) that may exceed the income received from the securities purchased with
the borrowed funds. It is not the intention of the Advisor to use leverage as a
normal practice in the investment of the Fund's assets.

Short Sales. The Fund may engage in short sales with respect to securities that
it owns or has the right to obtain (for example, through conversion of a
convertible bond). These transactions, known as short sales "against the box,"
allow the Fund to hedge against price fluctuations by locking in a sale price
for securities it does not wish to sell immediately. In a short sale, the Fund
sells a borrowed security and has a corresponding obligation to the lender to
return the identical security. The seller does not immediately deliver the
securities sold and is said to have a short position in those securities until
delivery occurs. If the Fund engages in a short sale, the collateral for the
short position will be segregated in an account with the Fund's custodian or
qualified sub-custodian.

The Fund does not intend to engage in short sales against the box for investment
purposes. The Fund may, however, make a short sale as a hedge, when it believes
that the price of a security may decline, causing a decline in the value of a
security owned by the Fund (or a security convertible or exchangeable for such
security). In such case, any future losses in the Fund's long position should be
offset by a gain in the short position and, conversely, any gain in the long
position should be reduced by a loss in the short position. The extent to which
such gains or losses are reduced will depend upon the amount of the security
sold short relative to the amount the Fund owns. There will be certain
additional transaction costs associated with short sales against the box, but
the Fund will endeavor to offset these costs with the income from the investment
of the cash proceeds of short sales.

Hedging Strategies. The Fund may use certain strategies designed to adjust the
overall risk of its investment portfolio. These "hedging" strategies involve
derivative contracts, including (but not limited to) US Treasury and Eurodollar
futures contracts and exchange-traded put and call options on such futures
contracts. New financial products and risk management techniques continue to be
developed and may be used if consistent with the Fund's investment objective and
policies. Among other purposes, these hedging strategies may be used to
effectively maintain a desired portfolio duration or to protect against market
risk should the Fund change its investments among different types of fixed
income securities.

The Fund might not use any hedging strategies, and there can be no assurance
that any strategy used will succeed. If the Advisor is incorrect in its judgment
on market values, interest rates or other economic factors in using a hedging
strategy, the Fund may have lower net income and a net loss on the investment.
Each of these strategies involves certain risks, which include:

o        the fact that the skills needed to use hedging instruments are
         different from those needed to select securities for the Fund;

o        the possibility of imperfect correlation, or even no correlation,
         between the price movements of hedging instruments and price movements
         of the securities or currencies being hedged;

o        possible constraints placed on the Fund's ability to purchase or sell
         portfolio investments at advantageous times due to the need for the
         Fund to maintain "cover" or to segregate securities; and

o        the possibility that the Fund will be unable to close out or liquidate
         its hedged position.

A hedge is designed to offset a loss in a portfolio position with a gain in the
hedged position; at the same time, however, a properly correlated hedge will
result in a gain in the portfolio position being offset by a loss in the hedged
position. As a result, the use of options, futures and currency exchange
transactions for hedging purposes could limit any potential gain from an
increase in the value of the position hedged. With respect to futures contracts,
since the value of portfolio securities will far exceed the value of the futures
contracts sold by the Fund, an increase in the value of the futures contracts
could only mitigate, but not totally offset, the decline in the value of the
Fund's assets.

In hedging transactions based on an index, whether the Fund will realize a gain
or loss depends upon movements in the level of securities prices in the stock
market generally or, in the case of certain indexes, in an industry or market
segment, rather than movements in the price of a particular security. The risk
of imperfect correlation increases as the composition of the Fund's portfolio
varies from the composition of the index. In an effort to compensate for
imperfect correlation of relative movements in the hedged position and the
hedge, the Fund's hedge positions may be in a greater or lesser dollar amount
than the dollar amount of the hedged position. Such "over hedging" or "under
hedging" may adversely affect the Fund's net investment results if market
movements are not as anticipated when the hedge is established. Securities index
futures transactions may be subject to additional correlation risks. First, all
participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit and maintenance
requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit requirements,
investors may close futures contracts through offsetting transactions which
would distort the normal relationship between the securities index and futures
markets. Secondly, from the point of view of speculators, the deposit
requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in
the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the
futures market also may cause temporary price distortions. Because of the
possibility of price distortions in the futures market and the imperfect
correlation between movements in a securities index and movements in the price
of securities index futures, a correct forecast of general market trends by the
Advisor still may not result in a successful hedging transaction.

To the extent that the Fund engages in the strategies described above, the Fund
may experience losses greater than if these strategies had not been utilized. In
addition to the risks described above, these instruments may be illiquid and/or
subject to trading limits, and the Fund may be unable to close out a position
without incurring substantial losses, if at all. The Fund is also subject to the
risk of a default by a counterparty to an off-exchange transaction.

Other Investment Companies. The Fund may invest in the aggregate no more than
10% of its total assets, calculated at the time of purchase, in the securities
of other US-registered investment companies. In addition, the Fund may not
invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one such
investment company or acquire more than 3% of the voting securities of any other
such investment company (unless permitted to exceed those limitations by an
exemptive order of the SEC or rules under the 1940 Act). The Fund will
indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management or other fees paid by
investment companies in which it invests, in addition to its own fees.

Temporary Defensive Investments. For temporary defensive purposes during periods
when the Advisor determines that conditions warrant, the Fund may invest up to
100% of its assets in cash and money market instruments, including (but not
limited to) securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government, its agencies
or instrumentalities; certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers'
acceptances issued by banks or savings and loans associations having net assets
of at least $500 million as of the end of their most recent fiscal year;
commercial paper rated at the time of purchase at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's
or P-1 by Moody's, or unrated commercial paper determined by the Advisor to be
of comparable quality; repurchase agreements involving any of the foregoing;
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shares of other investment
companies investing solely in money market instruments.



Concentration. The Fund "concentrates," for purposes of the 1940 Act, its assets
in securities related to a particular industry which means that at least 25% of
its net assets will be invested in these assets at all times. As a result, the
Fund may be subject to greater market fluctuation than a fund which has
securities representing a broader range of investment alternatives.

Reserve Assets. As a reserve for changes in allocation in the Fund's equity
investments and to cover the Fund's open positions resulting from its
investments in derivative instruments, the Fund also invests its assets in money
market instruments or money market funds.

Indexed Securities. The Fund may invest in indexed securities whose value
depends on the price of foreign currencies, commodities or securities indices or
other financial values or statistics. Examples include debt securities whose
value at maturity is determined by reference to the relative prices of various
currencies or to the price of a stock index. These securities may be positively
or negatively indexed; that is, their value may increase or decrease if the
underlying instrument appreciates.

Investment of Uninvested Cash Balances. The Fund may have cash balances that
have not been invested in portfolio securities ("Uninvested Cash"). Uninvested
Cash may result from a variety of sources, including dividends or interest
received from portfolio securities, unsettled securities transactions, reserves
held for investment strategy purposes, scheduled maturity of investments,
liquidation of investment securities to meet anticipated redemptions or dividend
payments, and new cash received from investors. Uninvested Cash may be invested
directly in money market instruments or other short-term debt obligations.
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the Fund may use Uninvested
Cash to purchase shares of affiliated funds, including money market funds and
Cash Management QP Trust, or entities for the which the Advisor may act as
investment advisor now or in the future that operate as cash management
investment vehicles but are excluded from the definition of investment company
pursuant to Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act (collectively, the
"Central Funds") in excess of the limitations of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940
Act. Investment by a fund in shares of the Central Funds will comply with Rule
2a-7 under the 1940 Act and will be in accordance with a fund's investment
policies and restrictions.

The Fund will invest Uninvested Cash in Central Funds only to the extent that
the Fund's aggregate investment in the Central Funds does not exceed 25% of its
total assets. Purchase and sales of shares of Central Funds are made at net
asset value.

The S&P GSCI(TM) Commodity Index

The following description of the S&P GSCI(TM) Commodity Index is based upon the
description prepared by Goldman Sachs. As of the date of this SAI, the sponsor's
description is available at http://www2.goldmansachs.com/gsci/. S&P, Goldman
Sachs and their affiliates have not approved this description and have not
consented to the inclusion of this description in this SAI. Three different
versions of the S&P GSCI are published. The references herein are to the S&P
GSCI Total Return Index.

S&P GSCI Commodity Index (S&P GSCI)

The S&P GSCI is designed to provide investors with a reliable and publicly
available benchmark for investment performance in the commodity markets
comparable to the S&P 500 or FT equity indices. As such, the S&P GSCI is a
composite index of commodity sector returns, representing an unleveraged,
long-only investment in commodity futures that is broadly diversified across the
spectrum of commodities. The returns are calculated on a fully-collateralized
basis with full reinvestment. The combination of these attributes provides
investors with a representative and realistic picture of realizable returns
attainable in the commodities markets.

Individual components qualify for inclusion in the S&P GSCI on the basis of
liquidity and are weighted by their respective world production quantities. The
principles behind the construction of the index are public and designed to allow
easy and cost-efficient investment implementation. Possible means of
implementation include the purchase of S&P GSCI-related instruments, such as the
S&P GSCI futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) or
over-the-counter derivatives, or the direct purchase of the underlying futures
contracts.

Economic Weighting

The S&P GSCI is world-production weighted; the quantity of each commodity in the
index is determined by the average quantity of production in the last five years
of available data. Such weighting provides the S&P GSCI with significant
advantages, both as an economic indicator and as a measure of investment
performance.

For use as an economic indicator, the appropriate weight to assign each
commodity is in proportion to the amount of that commodity flowing through the
economy (i.e., the actual production or consumption of that commodity). For
instance, the impact that doubling the price of corn has on inflation and on
economic growth depends directly on how much corn is used (or produced) in the
economy.

From the standpoint of measuring investment performance, production-weighting is
not only appropriate but vital. The key to measuring investment performance in a
representative fashion is to weight each asset by the amount of capital
dedicated to holding that asset. In equity markets, this representative
measurement of investment performance is accomplished through weighting indices
by market capitalization.

For commodities, there is no direct counterpart to market capitalization. The
problem is that commodities, and the related price risks, are held in a variety
of ways -- long futures positions, over-the-counter investments, long-term
fixed-price purchasing contracts, physical inventory at the producer, etc. --
making a complete accounting of capital dedicated to holding commodities from
the time they are produced to the time they are consumed infeasible. A simple
way to achieve a close analogue to true market capitalization, abstracting from
differences in inventory patterns, is to note that the net long position of the
economy is proportional to the quantity produced -- hence, production weighting.

A Broad Spectrum of Commodities

The S&P GSCI contains as many commodities as possible, with the rules excluding
commodities only to retain liquidity and investability in the underlying futures
markets. Currently, the S&P GSCI contains 24 commodities from all commodity
sectors: six energy products, five industrial metals, eight agricultural
products, three livestock products and two precious metals. This broad range of
constituent commodities provides the S&P GSCI with a high level of
diversification both across subsectors and within each subsector. This diversity
minimizes the effects of highly idiosyncratic events, which have large
implications for the individual commodity markets, but are muted when aggregated
to the level of the S&P GSCI.

Together, the diversity of its constituent commodities and their economic
weighting allow the S&P GSCI to respond in a stable way to world economic
growth, even as the composition of global growth changes through time. When
world growth is dominated by industrialized economies, the metals sector of the
S&P GSCI generally responds more than the agricultural components. Similarly,
when emerging markets dominate world growth, agricultural and petroleum-based
commodities generally respond the most. Thus, for example, an index that
significantly underweights agriculture would significantly underperform in a
global economy with weak OECD and strong emerging markets growth, much like a
stock index that only contained industrials would provide a misleading picture
of a service-led economy.

Liquidity Constraints for Inclusion and Return Calculations

Individual commodities are screened by liquidity for inclusion in the S&P GSCI.
The eligibility requirements are designed to promote cost-effective
implementation and true investability. Underlying liquidity eases hedging of
derivative products and investing in subsector or individual commodity overlays.
Furthermore, liquidity in the underlying futures markets facilitates the
discovery of true market prices for the components of the S&P GSCI.

S&P GSCI returns are calculated based on the arithmetic average of stable long
positions in futures contracts. This methodology, along with the liquidity in
the underlying markets, allows easy implementation of the portfolio of futures
contracts that the S&P GSCI represents. These characteristics of the S&P GSCI
are designed to allow for efficient and relatively inexpensive arbitrage of
publicly-traded S&P GSCI-related instruments such as the CME futures contract.

Historical Performance of the S&P GSCI Commodity Index

The following table presents the returns of the S&P GSCI for the periods
presented. The returns do not reflect any deductions for fees or expenses to
which the Fund will be subject. Past returns and the S&P GSCI may not be
indicative of its future performance. Among other things, the performance of the
S&P GSCI is likely to vary significantly based on the economy in general and
inflation in particular. Additionally, because 50% of the Fund's benchmark is
comprised of indexes other than the S&P GSCI, the performance of the Fund will
differ from the S&P GSCI.

            Year Ended December 31,          Annual Performance of S&P GSCI
            -----------------------          ------------------------------


              2007                                         32.67%
              2006                                        (15.09%)
              2005                                         25.55%
              2004                                         17.28%
              2003                                         20.72%
              2002                                         32.07%
              2001                                        (31.93%)
              2000                                         49.74%
              1999                                         40.92%
              1998                                        (35.75%)



Returns for 2003 - 2005 have been largely dependent on increases in oil prices,
which have been substantial. Increases of this size may not be repeated in the
future. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.





The following is a chart of the various types of securities and investment
strategies employed by the Fund. Unless otherwise indicated, the Fund is not
obligated to pursue any of the following strategies and does not represent that
these techniques are available now or will be available at any time in the
future. If the Fund's investment in a particular type of security is limited to
a certain percentage of the Fund's assets, that percentage limitation is listed
in the chart. Following the chart, there is a description of how each type of
security and investment strategy may be used by the Fund. As a matter of
nonfundamental operating policy, the Fund may be subject to additional
restrictions. See the section entitled "Investment Restrictions."

Summary of Investment Practices


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INVESTMENT PRACTICE
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KEY TO TABLE:

|    Permitted without stated limit

o    Permitted without stated limited, but not expected to be used to a significant extent

Roman type (e.g.  20%) represents an investment  limitation as a percentage of total fund assets;  does not indicate
actual use

Italic type (e.g.  20%)  represents an investment  limitation as a percentage of net fund assets;  does not indicate
actual use
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EQUITY SECURITIES
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Common Stock                                                                    |
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Warrants                                                                        |
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Preferred Stock                                                                 20%
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Convertible Securities                                                          |
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MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS
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Short-Term Instruments                                                          o
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Obligations of Banks and Other Financial Institutions                           o
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Certificates of Deposit and Banker's Acceptances                                o
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Commercial Paper                                                                o
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Variable Rate Master Demand Notes                                               o
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US Government Securities                                                        o
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DERIVATIVE SECURITIES (OPTIONS)
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Options on Securities                                                           |
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Options on Securities and Commodities Indices                                   |
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Options on Non-US Securities and Commodities Indices                            |
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DERIVATIVE SECURITIES (FUTURES CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS ON FUTURES CONTRACTS)
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Futures Contracts                                                               |
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Futures Contracts on Securities and Commodities Indices                         |
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Options  on  Futures   Contracts   (including   Contracts  on  Securities  and  |
Commodities Indices)
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DERIVATIVE SECURITIES (SWAPS)
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Swaps Agreements                                                                |*
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COMMODITY-LINKED DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS                                         |
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SECURITIES OF NON-US ISSUERS
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Foreign Securities & Depository Receipts (ADRs, EDRs, GDRs and IDRs)            o
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Investments in Emerging Markets                                                 30%
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Region and Country Investing                                                    |
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CURRENCY MANAGEMENT
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Currency Exchange Transactions                                                  |
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Currency Hedging Transactions                                                   |
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Cross Hedging                                                                   |
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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts                                             |
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Options on Foreign Currencies                                                   |
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ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS AND RISK FACTORS
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Asset Coverage                                                                  |
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Investment Restrictions on Futures Transactions                                 o
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Non-US Securities                                                               |
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OTHER INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT PRACTICES
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Illiquid Securities                                                             15%
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TBA Commitments                                                                 o
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When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities                                     15%
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Repurchase Agreements                                                           o
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Reverse Repurchase Agreements                                                   o
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Mortgage Dollar Rolls                                                           o
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Lending of Fund Securities                                                      33 1/3%

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Borrowing                                                                         a)  fundamental policy -- 33%
                                                                                  b)  operating policy -- 5%
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Short Sales                                                                     o
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Hedging Strategies                                                              |
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Other Investment Companies                                                      10%
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Temporary Defensive Investments                                                 100%
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Reserve Assets                                                                  o
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Indexed Securities                                                              o
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*        The Fund has not invested in commodity linked swaps and does not intend
         to invest in them in the future.

Portfolio Holdings Information


In addition to the public disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings through required
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") quarterly filings, the Fund may make
its portfolio holdings information publicly available on the DWS Funds' Web site
as described in the Fund's prospectus. The Fund does not disseminate non-public
information about portfolio holdings except in accordance with policies and
procedures adopted by the Fund.

The Fund's procedures permit non-public portfolio holdings information to be
shared with Deutsche Asset Management and its affiliates (collectively "DeAM"),
subadvisors, if any, custodians, independent registered public accounting firms,
attorneys, officers and trustees/directors and each of their respective
affiliates and advisers who require access to this information to fulfill their
duties to the Fund and are subject to the duties of confidentiality, including
the duty not to trade on non-public information, imposed by law or contract, or
by the Fund's procedures. This non-public information may also be disclosed,
subject to the requirements described below, to certain third parties, such as
securities lending agents, financial printers, proxy voting firms, mutual fund
analysts and rating and tracking agencies, or to shareholders in connection with
in-kind redemptions (collectively, "Authorized Third Parties").

Prior to any disclosure of the Fund's non-public portfolio holdings information
to Authorized Third Parties, a person authorized by the Fund's Directors must
make a good faith determination in light of the facts then known that the Fund
has a legitimate business purpose for providing the information, that the
disclosure is in the best interests of the Fund, and that the recipient assents
or otherwise has a duty to keep the information confidential and to not trade
based on the information received while the information remains non-public. No
compensation is received by the Fund or DeAM for disclosing non-public holdings
information. Periodic reports regarding these procedures will be provided to the
Fund's Directors.

Portfolio holdings information distributed by the trading desks of DeAM or a
subadvisor for the purpose of facilitating efficient trading of such securities
and receipt of relevant research is not subject to the foregoing requirements.
Non-public portfolio holding information does not include portfolio
characteristics (other than holdings or subsets of holdings) about the Fund and
information derived therefrom, including, but not limited to, how the Fund's
investments are divided among various sectors, industries, countries, value and
growth stocks, bonds, currencies and cash, types of bonds, bond maturities,
duration, bond coupons and bond credit quality ratings so long as the Fund's
holdings could not be derived from such information.




Registered investment companies that are subadvised by DeAM may be subject to
different portfolio holdings disclosure policies, and neither DeAM nor the
Fund's Trustees exercise control over such policies. In addition, separate
account clients of DeAM have access to their portfolio holdings and are not
subject to the Fund's portfolio holdings disclosure policy. The portfolio
holdings of some of the funds subadvised by DeAM and some of the separate
accounts managed by DeAM may substantially overlap with the portfolio holdings
of the Fund.

DeAM also manages certain unregistered commingled trusts and creates model
portfolios, the portfolio holdings of which may substantially overlap with the
portfolio holdings of the Fund. To the extent that investors in these commingled
trusts or recipients of model portfolio holdings information may receive
portfolio holdings information of their trust or of a model portfolio on a
different basis from that on which fund portfolio holdings information is made
public, DeAM has implemented procedures reasonably designed to encourage such
investors and recipients to keep such information confidential, and to prevent
those investors from trading on the basis of non-public holdings information.

There is no assurance that the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to
the disclosure of portfolio holdings information will protect the Fund from the
potential misuse of portfolio holdings information by those in possession of
that information.



                             MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

Investment Advisor


DIMA, which is part of DeAM, is the investment advisor for the Fund. Under the
supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, with headquarters at 345 Park
Avenue, New York, New York, DIMA makes the Fund's investment decisions, buys and
sells securities for the Fund and conducts research that leads to these purchase
and sale decisions. The Advisor manages the Fund's daily investment and business
affairs subject to the policies established by the Trust's Board of Trustees.
DIMA and its predecessors have more than 80 years of experience managing mutual
funds and provides a full range of investment advisory services to institutional
and retail clients. The Fund's investment advisor is also responsible for
selecting brokers and dealers and for negotiating brokerage commissions and
dealer charges.

DeAM is the marketing name in the US for the asset management activities of
Deutsche Bank AG, DIMA, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and DWS Trust
Company. DeAM is a global asset management organization that offers a wide range
of investing expertise and resources, including hundreds of portfolio managers
and analysts and an office network that reaches the world's major investment
centers. This well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide
variety of experience and investment insight, across industries, regions, asset
classes and investing styles. DIMA is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of
Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is
engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment management,
mutual fund, retail, private and commercial banking, investment banking and
insurance. DWS Investments is part of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division
and, within the US, represents the retail asset management activities of
Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Deutsche Investment
Management Americas Inc. and DWS Trust Company.


The Advisor provides investment counsel for many individuals and institutions,
including insurance companies, industrial corporations, and financial and
banking organizations, as well as providing investment advice to open- and
closed-end SEC registered funds.

The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals, each of whom plays an
important role in the Fund's management process. Team members work together to
develop investment strategies and select securities for the Fund's portfolio.
This team works for the Advisor or its affiliates and is supported by a large
staff of economists, research analysts, traders and other investment
specialists. The Advisor or its affiliates believe(s) its team approach benefits
fund investors by bringing together many disciplines and leveraging its
extensive resources. Team members with primary responsibility for management of
the Fund, as well as team members who have other ongoing management
responsibilities for the Fund, are identified in the Fund's prospectus, as of
the date of the Fund's prospectus. Composition of the team may change over time,
and fund shareholders and investors will be notified of changes affecting
individuals with primary fund management responsibility.


Pursuant to the investment management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor
(the "Investment Management Agreement") the Advisor provides continuing
investment management of the assets of the Fund. In addition to the investment
management of the assets of the Fund, the Advisor determines the investments to
be made for the Fund, including what portion of its assets remain uninvested in
cash or cash equivalents, and with whom the orders for investments are placed,
consistent with the Fund's policies as stated in its prospectuses and SAI, or as
adopted by the Fund's Board. The Advisor will also monitor, to the extent not
monitored by the Fund's administrator or other agent, the Fund's compliance with
its investment and tax guidelines and other compliance policies.


The Advisor provides assistance to the Fund's Board in valuing the securities
and other instruments held by the Fund, to the extent reasonably required by
valuation policies and procedures that may be adopted by the Fund.

Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, (unless otherwise provided in
the agreement or as determined by the Fund's Board and to the extent permitted
by applicable law), the Advisor pays the compensation and expenses of all the
Board members, officers, and executive employees of the Fund, including the
Fund's share of payroll taxes, who are affiliated persons of the Advisor.

The Investment Management Agreement provides that the Fund is generally
responsible for expenses that include: fees payable to the Advisor; outside
legal, accounting or auditing expenses, including with respect to expenses
related to negotiation, acquisition or distribution of portfolio investments;
maintenance of books and records that are maintained by the Fund, the Fund's
custodian, or other agents of the Fund; taxes and governmental fees; fees and
expenses of the Fund's accounting agent, custodian, sub-custodians,
depositories, transfer agents, dividend reimbursing agents and registrars;
payment for portfolio pricing or valuation services to pricing agents,
accountants, bankers and other specialists, if any; brokerage commissions or
other costs of acquiring or disposing of any portfolio securities or other
instruments of the Fund; and litigation expenses and other extraordinary
expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business.

The Investment Management Agreement allows the Advisor to delegate any of its
duties under the Agreement to a subadvisor, subject to a majority vote of the
Board of the Fund, including a majority of the Board who are not interested
persons of the Fund, and, if required by applicable law, subject to a majority
vote of the Fund's shareholders.

The Investment Management Agreement provides that the Advisor shall not be
liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by
the Fund in connection with matters to which the agreement relates, except a
loss resulting from willful malfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the
part of the Advisor in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard
by the Advisor of its obligations and duties under the agreement. The Investment
Management Agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of penalty,
by either party or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the Fund on 60 days' written notice.

The Board and shareholders have approved a subadvisor approval policy for the
Fund (the "Subadvisor Approval Policy"). The Subadvisor Approval Policy permits
the Advisor, subject to the approval of the Board, including a majority of its
independent board members, to appoint and replace subadvisors and to amend
sub-advisory contracts without obtaining shareholder approval. Under the
Subadvisor Approval Policy, the Board, including its independent board members,
will continue to evaluate and approve all new sub-advisory contracts between the
Advisor and any subadvisor, as well as all changes to any existing sub-advisory
contract. The Fund cannot implement the Subadvisor Approval Policy without the
SEC either adopting revisions to current rules (as it proposed to do in October
2003) or granting the Fund exemptive relief from existing rules. The Fund and
the Advisor would be subject to certain conditions imposed by the SEC (and
certain conditions that may be imposed in the future within either exemptive
relief or a rule) to ensure that the interests of the Fund and its shareholders
are adequately protected whenever the Advisor acts under the Subadvisor Approval
Policy, including any shareholder notice requirements.

The Fund pays the Advisor an annual advisory fee equal to 0.950% for the first
$500 million of average daily net assets, 0.900% on the next $500 million of net
assets, and 0.850% thereafter. The fee is accrued daily and payable monthly,
provided that the Fund will make such interim payments as may be requested by
the Advisor not to exceed 75% of the amount of the fee then accrued on the books
of the Fund and unpaid. All of the Fund's expenses are paid out of gross
investment income.


The advisory fee paid by the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 was
$3,881,715, which was equivalent to an annualized effective rate of 0.95% of the
Fund's daily net assets.


The advisory fee paid by the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 was
$2,417,745. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, the Advisor waived $69,593
of management fees, which was equivalent to an annualized effective rate of
0.92% of the Fund's daily net assets.

The advisory fee paid by the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 was
$1,355,437. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, the Advisor waived $426,968
of management fees, which was equivalent to an annualized effective rate of
0.65% of the Fund's daily net assets.




Through September 30, 2009, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive all or
a portion of its management fees and reimburse or pay operating expenses of the
Fund to the extent necessary to maintain the Fund's operating expenses at ratios
no higher than 1.50%, 2.25%, 2.25% and 1.25% for Class A, Class B, Class C and
Institutional Class shares, respectively. These limitations exclude certain
expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest.

In reviewing the terms of the Investment Management Agreement and in discussions
with the Advisor concerning such Investment Management Agreement, the Trustees
of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Advisor are represented by
independent counsel at the Fund's expense.


The Advisor may enter into arrangements with affiliates and third party service
providers to perform various administrative, back-office and other services
relating to client accounts. Such service providers may be located in the US or
in non-US jurisdictions.

Compensation of Portfolio Managers


Portfolio managers are eligible for total compensation comprised of base salary
and discretionary incentive compensation.

Base Salary - Base salary generally represents a smaller percentage of portfolio
managers' total compensation than discretionary incentive compensation. Base
salary is linked to job function, responsibilities and financial services
industry peer comparison through the use of extensive market data surveys.

Discretionary Incentive Compensation - Generally, discretionary incentive
compensation comprises a greater proportion of total compensation as a portfolio
manager's seniority and compensation levels increase. Discretionary incentive
compensation is determined based on an analysis of a number of factors,
including among other things, the performance of Deutsche Bank, the performance
of the Asset Management division, and the employee's individual contribution. In
evaluating individual contribution, management will consider a combination of
quantitative and qualitative factors. A portion of the portfolio manager's
discretionary incentive compensation may be delivered in long-term equity
programs (usually in the form of Deutsche Bank equity) (the "Equity Plan"). Top
performing portfolio managers may earn discretionary incentive compensation that
is a multiple of their base salary.

o        The quantitative analysis of a portfolio manager's individual
         performance is based on, among other factors, performance of all of the
         accounts managed by the portfolio manager (which includes the fund and
         any other accounts managed by the portfolio manager) over a one-,
         three-, and five-year period relative to the appropriate Morningstar
         and Lipper peer group universes and/or benchmark index(es) with respect
         to each account. Additionally, the portfolio manager's
         retail/institutional asset mix is weighted, as appropriate for
         evaluation purposes. Generally the benchmark index used is a benchmark
         index set forth in the fund's prospectus to which the fund's
         performance is compared. Additional or different appropriate peer group
         or benchmark indices may also be used. Primary weight is given to
         pre-tax portfolio performance over three-year and five-year time
         periods (adjusted as appropriate if the portfolio manager has served
         for less than five years) with lesser consideration given to portfolio
         performance over a one-year period. The increase or decrease in a
         fund's assets due to the purchase or sale of fund shares is not
         considered a material factor.

o        The qualitative analysis of a portfolio manager's individual
         performance is based on, among other things, the results of an annual
         management and internal peer review process, and management's
         assessment of overall portfolio manager contributions to investor
         relations, the investment process and overall performance (distinct
         from fund and other account performance). Other factors, including
         contributions made to the investment team, as well as adherence to
         Compliance Policies and Procedures, Risk Management procedures, the
         firm's Code of Ethics and "living the values" of the Advisor are also
         factors.

The quantitative analysis of a portfolio manager's performance is given more
weight in determining discretionary incentive compensation than the qualitative
portion.

Certain portfolio managers may also participate in the Equity Plan. The amount
of equity awarded under the long-term equity programs is generally based on the
individual's total compensation package and may comprise from 0% to 30% of the
total compensation award. As discretionary incentive compensation increases, the
percentage of compensation awarded in Deutsche Bank equity also increases.
Portfolio managers may receive a portion of their equity compensation in the
form of shares in the proprietary mutual funds that they manage or support.

Fund Ownership of Portfolio Managers

The following table shows the dollar range of shares owned beneficially and of
record by each member of the Fund's portfolio management team in the Fund as
well as in all DWS Funds as a group (i.e., those funds advised by Deutsche Asset
Management or its affiliates), including investments by their immediate family
members sharing the same household and amounts invested through retirement and
deferred compensation plans. This information is provided as of the Fund's most
recent fiscal year end.

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                                                       Dollar Range of                    Dollar Range of All DWS
Name of Portfolio Manager                             Fund Shares Owned                      Fund Shares Owned
-------------------------                             -----------------                      -----------------
<S>                                                      <C>  <C>                           <C>        <C>
Jeffrey Saeger                                           $1 - $10,000                       $100,001 - $500,000
Terence P. Brennan                                       $1 - $10,000                       $100,001 - $500,000
Theresa Gusman                                                $0                           $500,001 - $1,000,000

Conflicts of Interest

In addition to managing the assets of the Fund, the Fund's portfolio managers
may have responsibility for managing other client accounts of the Advisor or its
affiliates. The tables below show, for each portfolio manager, the number and
asset size of (1) SEC registered investment companies (or series thereof) other
than the Fund, (2) pooled investment vehicles that are not registered investment
companies and (3) other accounts (e.g., accounts managed for individuals or
organizations) managed by each portfolio manager. Total assets attributed to
each portfolio manager in the tables below include total assets of each account
managed by them, although the manager may only manage a portion of such
account's assets. The tables also show the number of performance based fee
accounts, as well as the total assets of the accounts for which the advisory fee
is based on the performance of the account. This information is provided as of
the Fund's most recent fiscal year end.

Other SEC Registered Investment Companies Managed:

                                                                                 Number of
                                       Number of        Total Assets of         Investment          Total Assets of
                                      Registered          Registered         Company Accounts        Performance-
                                      Investment          Investment         with Performance-         Based Fee
Name of Portfolio Manager              Companies           Companies             Based Fee             Accounts
-------------------------              ---------           ---------             ---------             --------

Jeffrey Saeger                             1              $463,433,648               0                    $0
Terence P. Brennan                         1              $463,433,648               0                    $0
Theresa Gusman                             1              $463,433,648               0                    $0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed:

                                                                             Number of Pooled
                                                                                 Investment
                                      Number of                               Vehicle Accounts     Total Assets of
                                       Pooled          Total Assets of             with             Performance-
                                     Investment       Pooled Investment         Performance-           Based Fee
Name of Portfolio Manager             Vehicles             Vehicles              Based Fee             Accounts
-------------------------             --------             --------              ---------             --------

Jeffrey Saeger                            5               $245,609,056               0                    $0
Terence P. Brennan                        5               $245,609,056               0                    $0
Theresa Gusman                            5               $245,609,056               0                    $0

Other Accounts Managed:

                                                                                 Number of
                                                                               Other Accounts       Total Assets of
                                      Number of                                     with             Performance-
                                        Other          Total Assets of          Performance-           Based Fee
Name of Portfolio Manager              Accounts          Other Accounts           Based Fee             Accounts
-------------------------              --------          --------------           ---------             --------

Jeffrey Saeger                            4               $815,213,312               0                    $0
Terence P. Brennan                        4               $815,213,312               0                    $0
Theresa Gusman                            4               $815,213,312               0                    $0
</TABLE>

In addition to the accounts above, an investment professional may manage
accounts in a personal capacity that may include holdings that are similar to,
or the same as, those of the Fund. The Advisor has in place a Code of Ethics
that is designed to address conflicts of interest and that, among other things,
imposes restrictions on the ability of portfolio managers and other "access
persons" to invest in securities that may be recommended or traded in the Fund
and other client accounts.

Real, potential or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio
manager has day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities with respect to
more than one fund or account, including the following:

o        Certain investments may be appropriate for the Fund and also for other
         clients advised by the Advisor, including other client accounts managed
         by the Fund's portfolio management team. Investment decisions for the
         Fund and other clients are made with a view to achieving their
         respective investment objectives and after consideration of such
         factors as their current holdings, availability of cash for investment
         and the size of their investments generally. A particular security may
         be bought or sold for only one client or in different amounts and at
         different times for more than one but less than all clients. Likewise,
         because clients of the Advisor may have differing investment
         strategies, a particular security may be bought for one or more clients
         when one or more other clients are selling the security. The investment
         results achieved for the Fund may differ from the results achieved for
         other clients of the Advisor. In addition, purchases or sales of the
         same security may be made for two or more clients on the same day. In
         such event, such transactions will be allocated among the clients in a
         manner believed by the Advisor to be most equitable to each client,
         generally utilizing a pro rata allocation methodology. In some cases,
         the allocation procedure could potentially have an adverse effect or
         positive effect on the price or amount of the securities purchased or
         sold by the Fund. Purchase and sale orders for the Fund may be combined
         with those of other clients of the Advisor in the interest of achieving
         the most favorable net results to the Fund and the other clients.

o        To the extent that a portfolio manager has responsibilities for
         managing multiple client accounts, a portfolio manager will need to
         divide time and attention among relevant accounts. The Advisor attempts
         to minimize these conflicts by aligning its portfolio management teams
         by investment strategy and by employing similar investment models
         across multiple client accounts.

o        In some cases, an apparent conflict may arise where the Advisor has an
         incentive, such as a performance-based fee, in managing one account and
         not with respect to other accounts it manages. The Advisor will not
         determine allocations based on whether it receives a performance-based
         fee from the client. Additionally, the Advisor has in place supervisory
         oversight processes to periodically monitor performance deviations for
         accounts with like strategies.

o        The Advisor and its affiliates and the investment team of the Funds may
         manage other mutual funds and separate accounts on a long-short basis.
         The simultaneous management of long and short portfolios creates
         potential conflicts of interest including the risk that short sale
         activity could adversely affect the market value of the long positions
         (and vice versa), the risk arising from sequential orders in long and
         short positions, and the risks associated with receiving opposing
         orders at the same time. The Advisor has adopted procedures that it
         believes are reasonably designed to mitigate these potential conflicts
         of interest. Included in these procedures are specific guidelines
         developed to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all clients whose
         accounts are managed by each Fund's portfolio management team. The
         Advisor and the portfolio management team have established monitoring
         procedures, a protocol for supervisory reviews, as well as compliance
         oversight to ensure that potential conflicts of interest relating to
         this type of activity are properly addressed.

The Advisor is owned by Deutsche Bank AG, a multi-national financial services
company. Therefore, the Advisor is affiliated with a variety of entities that
provide, and/or engage in commercial banking, insurance, brokerage, investment
banking, financial advisory, broker-dealer activities (including sales and
trading), hedge funds, real estate and private equity investing, in addition to
the provision of investment management services to institutional and individual
investors. Since Deutsche Bank AG, its affiliates, directors, officers and
employees (the "Firm") are engaged in businesses and have interests other than
managing asset management accounts, such other activities involve real,
potential or apparent conflicts of interest. These interests and activities
include potential advisory, transactional and financial activities and other
interests in securities and companies that may be directly or indirectly
purchased or sold by the Firm for its clients' advisory accounts. These are
considerations of which advisory clients should be aware and which may cause
conflicts that could be to the disadvantage of the Advisor's advisory clients.
The Advisor has instituted business and compliance policies, procedures and
disclosures that are designed to identify, monitor and mitigate conflicts of
interest and, as appropriate, to report them to the Fund's Board.




Code of Ethics


The Trust, the Advisor and the Fund's principal underwriter have each adopted
codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act. Board Members, officers of
the Trust and employees of the Advisor and principal underwriter are permitted
to make personal securities transactions, including transactions in securities
that may be purchased or held by the Fund, subject to requirements and
restrictions set forth in the applicable Code of Ethics. The Advisor's Codes of
Ethics contains provisions and requirements designed to identify and address
certain conflicts of interest between personal investment activities and the
interests of the Fund. Among other things, the Advisor's Code of Ethics
prohibits certain types of transactions absent prior approval, imposes time
periods during which personal transactions may not be made in certain
securities, and requires the submission of duplicate broker confirmations and
quarterly reporting of securities transactions. Additional restrictions apply to
portfolio managers, traders, research analysts and others involved in the
investment advisory process. Exceptions to these and other provisions of the
Advisor's Code of Ethics may be granted in particular circumstances after review
by appropriate personnel.

Regulatory Matters and Legal Proceedings

On December 21, 2006, Deutsche Asset Management ("DeAM") settled proceedings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the New York Attorney
General on behalf of Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("DAMI") and DIMA, the
investment advisors to many of the DWS Investments funds, regarding allegations
of improper trading of fund shares at DeAM and at the legacy Scudder and Kemper
organizations prior to their acquisition by DeAM in April 2002. These regulators
alleged that although the prospectuses for certain funds in the regulators' view
indicated that the funds did not permit market timing, DAMI and DIMA breached
their fiduciary duty to those funds in that their efforts to limit trading
activity in the funds were not effective at certain times. The regulators also
alleged that DAMI and DIMA breached their fiduciary duty to certain funds by
entering into certain market timing arrangements with investors. These trading
arrangements originated in businesses that existed prior to the currently
constituted DeAM organization, which came together as a result of various
mergers of the legacy Scudder, Kemper and Deutsche fund groups, and all of the
arrangements were terminated prior to the start of the regulatory investigations
that began in the summer of 2003. No current DeAM employee approved these
trading arrangements. Under the terms of the settlements, DAMI and DIMA neither
admitted nor denied any wrongdoing.

The terms of the SEC settlement, which identified improper trading in the legacy
Deutsche and Kemper mutual funds only, provide for payment of disgorgement in
the amount of $17.2 million. The terms of the settlement with the New York
Attorney General provide for payment of disgorgement in the amount of $102.3
million, which is inclusive of the amount payable under the SEC settlement, plus
a civil penalty in the amount of $20 million. The total amount payable by DeAM,
approximately $122.3 million, will be distributed to shareholders of the
affected funds in accordance with a distribution plan to be developed by a
distribution consultant. The funds' investment advisors do not believe these
amounts will have a material adverse financial impact on them or materially
affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements
with the DWS funds. The above-described amounts are not material to Deutsche
Bank, and have already been reserved.

Among the terms of the settled orders, DeAM is subject to certain undertakings
regarding the conduct of its business in the future, including formation of a
Code of Ethics Oversight Committee to oversee all matters relating to issues
arising under the advisors' Code of Ethics; establishment of an Internal
Compliance Controls Committee having overall compliance oversight responsibility
of the advisors; engagement of an Independent Compliance Consultant to conduct a
comprehensive review of the advisors' supervisory compliance and other policies
and procedures designed to prevent and detect breaches of fiduciary duty,
breaches of the Code of Ethics and federal securities law violations by the
advisors and their employees; and commencing in 2008, the advisors shall undergo
a compliance review by an independent third party.

In addition, DeAM is subject to certain further undertakings relating to the
governance of the mutual funds, including that at least 75% of the members of
the Boards of Trustees/Directors overseeing the DWS Funds continue to be
independent of DeAM; the Chairmen of the DWS Funds' Boards of Trustees/Directors
continue to be independent of DeAM; DeAM maintain existing management fee
reductions for certain funds for a period of five years and not increase
management fees for these certain funds during this period; the funds retain a
senior officer (or independent consultants, as applicable) responsible for
assisting in the review of fee arrangements and monitoring compliance by the
funds and the investment advisors with securities laws, fiduciary duties, codes
of ethics and other compliance policies, the expense of which shall be borne by
DeAM; and periodic account statements, fund prospectuses and the mutual funds'
web site contain additional disclosure and/or tools that assist investors in
understanding the fees and costs associated with an investment in the funds and
the impact of fees and expenses on fund returns.

DeAM has also settled proceedings with the Illinois Secretary of State regarding
market timing matters. The terms of the Illinois settlement provide for investor
education contributions totaling approximately $4 million and a payment in the
amount of $2 million to the Securities Audit and Enforcement Fund.

On September 28, 2006, the SEC and the National Association of Securities
Dealers ("NASD") (now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or
"FINRA") announced final agreements in which Deutsche Investment Management
Americas Inc. ("DIMA"), Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("DAMI") and DWS Scudder
Distributors, Inc. (now known as DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. ("DIDI"))
settled administrative proceedings regarding disclosure of brokerage allocation
practices in connection with sales of the DWS Funds' (now known as the DWS
Investments Funds) shares during 2001-2003. The agreements with the SEC and NASD
are reflected in orders which state, among other things, that DIMA and DAMI
failed to disclose potential conflicts of interest to the funds' Boards and to
shareholders relating to DIDI's use of certain funds' brokerage commissions to
reduce revenue sharing costs to broker-dealer firms with whom it had
arrangements to market and distribute DWS Fund shares. These directed brokerage
practices were discontinued in October 2003.

Under the terms of the settlements, in which DIMA, DAMI and DIDI neither
admitted nor denied any of the regulators' findings, DIMA, DAMI and DIDI agreed
to pay disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties in the total
amount of $19.3 million. The portion of the settlements distributed to the funds
was approximately $17.8 million and was paid to the funds as prescribed by the
settlement orders based upon the amount of brokerage commissions from each fund
used to satisfy revenue sharing agreements with broker-dealers who sold fund
shares.

As part of the settlements, DIMA, DAMI and DIDI also agreed to implement certain
measures and undertakings relating to revenue sharing payments including making
additional disclosures in the funds' prospectuses or Statements of Additional
Information, adopting or modifying relevant policies and procedures and
providing regular reporting to the fund Boards.

Additional information announced by DeAM regarding the terms of the settlements
is available at
www.dws-investments.com/regulatory_settlements.

The matters alleged in the regulatory settlements described above also serve as
the general basis of a number of private class action lawsuits involving the DWS
funds. These lawsuits name as defendants various persons, including certain DWS
funds, the funds' investment advisors and their affiliates, and certain
individuals, including in some cases fund Trustees/Directors, officers, and
other parties. Each DWS fund's investment advisor has agreed to indemnify the
applicable DWS funds in connection with these lawsuits, or other lawsuits or
regulatory actions that may be filed making similar allegations.

Based on currently available information, the funds' investment advisors believe
the likelihood that the pending lawsuits will have a material adverse financial
impact on a DWS fund is remote and such actions are not likely to materially
affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements
with the DWS funds.


                             FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Administrator


Under an administration agreement dated July 1, 2001, as amended December 14,
2004, Investment Company Capital Corp. ("ICCC") calculated the net asset value
of the Fund and generally assisted the Board of Trustees in all aspects of the
administration and operation of the Fund. The Administration Agreement provided
for the Fund to pay ICCC a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal on an
annual basis to 0.40% of the average daily net assets of each of Class A, B and
C shares and 0.15% of the average daily net assets of Institutional Class
shares.


For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, ICCC was entitled to receive an
administrative fee aggregating $554,757 from the Fund of which an amount of
$487,028 was waived by ICCC.

Effective July 1, 2006, the Fund entered into a new administrative services
agreement with the Advisor (the "Administrative Services Agreement"), pursuant
to which the Advisor provides all administrative services to the Fund,
including, among others, providing the Fund with personnel, preparing and making
required filings on behalf of the Fund, maintaining books and records for the
Fund, and monitoring the valuation of Fund securities. For all services provided
under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Fund pays the Advisor a fee of
0.100% of the Fund's average daily net assets.


For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, the Advisor received an administrative
fee of $409,043 from the Fund of which $46,424 is unpaid.


For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, the Advisor received an administrative
fee of $254,499 of which $24,682 is unpaid.


Under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Advisor is obligated on a
continuous basis to provide such administrative services as the Board of the
Fund reasonably deems necessary for the proper administration of the Fund. The
Advisor provides the Fund with personnel; arranges for the preparation and
filing of the Fund's tax returns; prepares and submits reports and meeting
materials to the Board and the shareholders; prepares and files updates to the
Fund's prospectus and SAI as well as other reports required to be filed by the
SEC; maintains the Fund's records; provides the Fund with office space,
equipment and services; supervises, negotiates the contracts of and monitors the
performance of third parties contractors; oversees the tabulation of proxies;
monitors the valuation of portfolio securities and monitors compliance with
Board-approved valuation procedures; assists in establishing the accounting and
tax policies of the Fund; assists in the resolution of accounting issues that
may arise with respect to the Fund; establishes and monitors the Fund's
operating expense budgets; reviews and processes the Fund's bills; assists in
determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by
the Fund, prepares and arranges dividend notifications and provides information
to agents to effect payments thereof; provides to the Board periodic and special
reports; provides assistance with investor and public relations matters; and
monitors the registration of shares under applicable federal and state law. The
Advisor also performs certain fund accounting services under the Administrative
Services Agreement. The Administrative Services Agreement provides that the
Advisor will not be liable under the Administrative Services Agreement except
for willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its
duties or from the reckless disregard by it of its duties and obligations
thereunder.


The fees paid by the Fund to the Advisor pursuant to the Administrative Services
Agreement are reduced by the amount of any credits received from the Fund's
custodian for cash balances.


Pursuant to an agreement between the Administrator and State Street Bank and
Trust Company ("SSB"), the Administrator has delegated certain administrative
functions to SSB. The costs and expenses of such delegation are borne by the
Administrator, not by the Fund.

Pursuant to DeAM procedures approved by the Boards on behalf of the DWS funds,
proof of claim forms are routinely filed on behalf of the DWS funds by a third
party service provider, with certain limited exceptions. The Boards of the DWS
funds receive periodic reports regarding the implementation of these procedures.


Distributor


Pursuant to a Distribution Agreement ("Distribution Agreement"), DWS Investments
Distributors, Inc. ("DIDI"), 222 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606,
an affiliate of the Advisor, is the principal underwriter and distributor for
the Class A, Class B, Class C and Institutional Class shares of the Fund and
acts as agent of the Fund in the continuous offering of its shares. The
Distribution Agreement for the Trust dated August 19, 2002, and amended
effective December 14, 2004, was last approved by the Trustees on September 19,
2008. The Distribution Agreement continues in effect for an initial period of
two years and then from year to year thereafter only if its continuance is
approved for each class at least annually by a vote of the Board members of the
Fund, including the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Fund and who
have no direct or indirect financial interest in the Distribution Agreement.


The Distribution Agreement provides that the Distributor shall: (i) use
reasonable efforts to sell shares upon the terms and conditions contained in
Distribution Agreement and the Fund's then-current prospectuses; (ii) use its
best efforts to conform with the requirements of all federal and state laws
relating to the sale of the Shares; (iii) adopt and follow procedures as may be
necessary to comply with the requirements of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. and any other applicable self-regulatory organization;
(iv) perform its duties under the supervision of and in accordance with the
directives of the Fund's Board of Trustees and the Fund's Declaration of Trust
and By-Laws; and (v) provide the Fund's Board of Trustees with a written report
of the amounts expended in connection with the Distribution Agreement. The
Distributor shall devote reasonable time and effort to effect sales of Shares
but shall not be obligated to sell any specific number of Shares. The services
of the Distributor are not exclusive and the Distributor shall not be liable to
the Fund or its shareholders for any error of judgment or mistake of law, for
any losses arising out of any investment, or for any action or inaction of the
Distributor in the absence of bad faith, willful misfeasance, or gross
negligence in the performance of its duties or obligations under the
Distribution Agreement or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and
obligations under the Distribution Agreement. The Distribution Agreement further
provides that the Fund and the Distributor will mutually indemnify each other
for losses relating to disclosures in the Fund's registration statement.

The Distribution Agreement may be terminated at any time upon 60 days' written
notice by the Fund, without penalty, by the vote of a majority of the Fund's
Non-Interested Directors or by a vote of a majority of the Fund's outstanding
Shares of the related class or upon 60 day's written notice by the Distributor
and shall automatically terminate in the event of an assignment.


DIDI and certain broker-dealers ("Participating Dealers") have entered into
Sub-Distribution Agreements under which such Participating Dealers have agreed
to process investor purchase and redemption orders and respond to inquiries from
shareholders concerning the status of their accounts and the operations of the
Fund. Any Sub-Distribution Agreement may be terminated or assigned by either
party, without penalty, by the vote of a majority of the Fund's non-interested
Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Fund in the same manner as the Distribution Agreement.

Class A, B and C Shares Only. With respect to the Class A, Class B and Class C
shares of the Fund, these classes may enter into Shareholder Servicing
Agreements with certain financial institutions to act as Shareholder Service
Agents, pursuant to which the Distributor will allocate a portion of its
distribution fee as compensation for such financial institutions' ongoing
shareholder services. The Fund may also enter into Shareholder Servicing
Agreements pursuant to which the Advisor, the Distributor or their affiliates
will provide compensation out of its own resources for ongoing shareholder
services. Currently, banking laws and regulations do not prohibit a financial
holding company affiliate from acting as distributor or Shareholder Service
Agent or in other capacities for investment companies. Should future
legislative, judicial or administrative action prohibit or restrict the
activities of the Shareholder Servicing Agents in connection with the
Shareholder Servicing Agreements, the Fund may be required to alter materially
or discontinue its arrangements with the Shareholder Servicing Agents. Such
financial institutions may impose separate fees in connection with these
services and investors should review the prospectus and this SAI in conjunction
with any such institution's fee schedule.


As compensation for providing distribution services as described above for Class
B and C Shares, the Distributor receives an annual fee, paid monthly, equal to
0.75% of their respective average daily net assets. In addition, with respect to
Class A, Class B and C Shares, the Distributor receives a shareholder servicing
fee at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of their respective average daily net
assets (see the prospectus).


The table below sets forth, for the year ended June 30, 2008, the distribution
and shareholder servicing fees paid by the Fund with respect to its Class A, B
and C shares pursuant to the Rule 12b-1 Plan and the contingent deferred sales
charge paid to DIDI on redemptions of Class A, B and C shares. Underwriting
commissions paid in connection with the distribution of Class A shares for the
year ended June 30, 2008, aggregated $90,999.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       Contingent Deferred Sales
                                                                    Annualized                   Charge
                       Distribution Fee      Service Fee*         Effective Rate              Paid to DIDI
                       ----------------      -----------          --------------              ------------
<S>                          <C>                 <C>                    <C>                         <C>
Class A                      N/A               $642,465               0.24%                       $90
Class B                    $147,853             $48,912               0.25%                     $86,212
Class C                    $497,890            $163,814               0.25%                     $14,321
</TABLE>


Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, investment companies may pay
distribution expenses, directly or indirectly, only pursuant to a plan adopted
by the investment company's board of directors and approved by its shareholders.
The Fund has adopted a Plan of Distribution for each class of Shares (except the
Institutional Class) (the "Plans"). Under each Plan, the Fund pays a fee to the
Distributor for distribution and other shareholder service assistance as set
forth in the Distribution Agreement, and the Distributor is authorized to make
payments out of its fee to Participating Dealers and Shareholder Service Agents.
The Plans remain in effect from year to year as specifically approved (a) at
least annually by the Fund's Board of Trustees and (b) by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the Non-Interested Trustees, who have not direct or indirect
financial interest in such Plans, by votes cast in person at a meeting called
for such purpose.


In approving the Plans, the Trustees concluded, in the exercise of their
reasonable business judgment, that there was a reasonable likelihood that the
Plans would benefit the Fund and its shareholders. The Plans will be renewed
only if the Trustees make a similar determination each year. The Plans may not
be amended to increase materially the fee to be paid pursuant to the
Distribution Agreement without the approval of the shareholders of the Fund. The
Plans may be terminated at any time by the vote of a majority of the Fund's
Non-Interested Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the Fund's outstanding
Shares.

During the continuance of the Plans, the Fund's Board of Trustees will be
provided for their review, at least quarterly, a written report concerning the
payments made under the Plans to the Distributor pursuant to the Distribution
Agreement and to Participating Dealers pursuant to any Sub-Distribution
Agreements. Such reports shall be made by the persons authorized to make such
payments. In addition, during the continuance of the Plans, the selection and
nomination of the Fund's Non-Interested Trustees shall be committed to the
discretion of the Non-Interested Trustees then in office.


If a Rule 12b-1 Plan is terminated in accordance with its terms, the obligation
of the Fund to make payments to DIDI pursuant to the Rule 12b-1 Plan will cease
and the Fund will not be required to make any payments past the termination
date. Thus, there is no legal obligation for the Fund to pay any expenses
incurred by DIDI other than fees payable under a Rule 12b-1 Plan, if for any
reason the Rule 12b-1 Plan is terminated in accordance with its terms. Future
fees under the Plan may or may not be sufficient to reimburse DIDI for its
expenses incurred. On the other hand, under certain circumstances, DIDI might
collect in the aggregate over certain periods more in fees under the Rule 12b-1
Plan than it has expended over that same period in providing distribution
services for a Fund. In connection with Class B shares, for example, if shares
of a Fund were to appreciate (resulting in greater asset base against which Rule
12b-1 fees are charged) and sales of the Fund's shares were to decline
(resulting in lower expenditures by DIDI under the Rule 12b-1 Plan), fees
payable could exceed expenditures. This may also happen over certain periods
shorter than the life of the Rule 12b-1 Plan simply due to the timing of
expenses incurred by DIDI that is not matched to the timing of revenues
received. As a result, if DIDI's expenses are less than the Rule 12b-1 fees,
DIDI will retain its full fees and make a profit.


Expenses of the Fund paid in connection with the Rule 12b-1 Plans for each class
of shares are set forth below. A portion of the marketing and sales and
operating expenses shown below could be considered overhead expenses.





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   12b-1 Compensation to Underwriter and Firms for the
                                         Twelve-Month Period Ended June 30, 2008
                                         ---------------------------------------

                                      12b-1            12b-1
                                   Distribution     Shareholder     12b-1 Compensation
                                       Fees        Services Fees       Paid to Firms
                                       ----        -------------       -------------

<S>                                           <C>         <C>             <C>
DWS Commodity        Class A                  $0          $650,108        $624,745
Securities Fund      Class B             $46,583           $49,771        $104,305
                     Class C            $155,092          $169,659        $296,033





                                                 Other Expenses Paid by Underwriter for the
                                                  Twelve-Month Period Ended June 30, 2008
                                                  ---------------------------------------

                                Advertising, Sales,                   Marketing
                                   Literature and       Prospectus    and Sales    Postage and     Imputed
                               Promotional Materials     Printing      Expenses      Mailing       Interest
                               ---------------------     --------      --------      -------       --------

DWS Commodity        Class A                 $119,639        $4,190        $6,103       $46,960            $0
Securities Fund      Class B                   $4,226          $149          $212        $1,656        $3,651
                     Class C                  $16,077          $497          $873        $6,393            $0
</TABLE>




Custodian


Brown Brothers Harriman ("BBH" or the "Custodian"), 40 Water Street, Boston, MA
02109, serves as the Custodian of the Fund.

Transfer Agent

DWS Investments Service Company ("DISC" or the "Transfer Agent"), 210 West 10th
Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1614 is the Fund's transfer agent and
dividend paying agent. DISC serves as transfer agent of the Trust and of the
Fund pursuant to a transfer agency agreement. Under its transfer agency
agreement with the Trust, DISC maintains the shareholder account records for the
Fund, handles certain communications between shareholders and the Trust and
causes to be distributed any dividends and distributions payable by the Trust.

The Transfer Agent receives an annual service fee for each account of the Fund,
based on the type of account. For open retail accounts, the fee is a flat fee
ranging from $20.00 to $27.50 per account, for open wholesale money funds the
fee is $32.50 per account, while for certain retirement accounts serviced on the
recordkeeping system of ADP, Inc., the fee is a flat fee up to $3.60 per account
(as of 2007, indexed to inflation) plus an asset based fee of up to 0.25% of
average net assets. 1/12th of the annual service charge for each account is
charged and payable to the Transfer Agent each month. A fee is charged for any
account which at any time during the month had a share balance in the Fund.
Smaller fees are also charged for closed accounts for which information must be
retained on the Transfer Agent's system for up to 18 months after closing for
tax reporting purposes.

Certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Transfer Agent, including
expenses of printing and mailing routine fund disclosure documents, costs of
record retention and transaction processing costs are reimbursed by the Fund or
are paid directly by the Fund. Certain additional out-of-pocket expenses,
including costs of computer hardware and software, third party record-keeping
and processing of proxy statements, may only be reimbursed by the Fund with the
prior approval of the Fund's Board.

Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between DISC and DST Systems, Inc.
("DST"), DISC has delegated certain transfer agent, dividend paying agent and
shareholder servicing agent functions to DST. The costs and expenses of such
delegation are borne by DISC, not by the Fund.


The Fund, or the Advisor (including any affiliate of the Advisor), or both, may
pay unaffiliated third parties for providing recordkeeping and other
administrative services with respect to accounts of participants in retirement
plans or other beneficial owners of Fund shares whose interests are generally
held in an omnibus account.

Fund Accounting Agent


Prior to July 1, 2006, ICCC retained DWS Investments Fund Accounting Corporation
("DIFA"), Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, a subsidiary of
the Advisor, as the Fund's fund accounting agent. DIFA was responsible for
determining net asset value per share and maintaining the portfolio and general
accounting records for the Fund.

Pursuant to an agreement between DIFA and SSB, DIFA had delegated certain fund
accounting functions to SSB under the fund accounting agreement. The costs and
expenses of such delegation were borne by DIFA, not by the Fund.


Legal Counsel

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
serves as legal counsel to the Fund.


Ropes & Gray LLP, One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624,
serves as co-counsel to the Independent Trustees of the Trust.

Vedder Price P.C., 222 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601, serves as
co-counsel to the Independent Trustees of the Trust.


Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 125 High Street, Boston, MA 02110, serves as the
Fund's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.



                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS


The Advisor is generally responsible for placing the orders for the purchase and
sale of portfolio securities, including the allocation of brokerage. With
respect to those funds for which a sub-investment advisor manages the fund's
investments, references in this section to the "Advisor" should be read to mean
the Sub-Advisor, except as noted below.

The policy of the Advisor in placing orders for the purchase and sale of
securities for the Fund is to seek best execution, taking into account such
factors, among others, as price; commission (where applicable); the
broker-dealer's ability to ensure that securities will be delivered on
settlement date; the willingness of the broker-dealer to commit its capital and
purchase a thinly traded security for its own inventory; whether the
broker-dealer specializes in block orders or large program trades; the
broker-dealer's knowledge of the market and the security; the broker-dealer's
ability to maintain confidentiality; the broker-dealer's ability to provide
access to new issues; the broker-dealer's ability to provide support when
placing a difficult trade; the financial condition of the broker-dealer; and
whether the broker-dealer has the infrastructure and operational capabilities to
execute and settle the trade. The Advisor seeks to evaluate the overall
reasonableness of brokerage commissions with commissions charged on comparable
transactions and compares the brokerage commissions (if any) paid by the Fund to
reported commissions paid by others. The Advisor routinely reviews commission
rates, execution and settlement services performed and makes internal and
external comparisons.

Commission rates on transactions in equity securities on US securities exchanges
are subject to negotiation. Commission rates on transactions in equity
securities on foreign securities exchanges are generally fixed. Purchases and
sales of fixed-income securities and certain over-the-counter securities are
effected on a net basis, without the payment of brokerage commissions.
Transactions in fixed income and certain over-the-counter securities are
generally placed by the Advisor with the principal market makers for these
securities unless the Advisor reasonably believes more favorable results are
available elsewhere. Transactions with dealers serving as market makers reflect
the spread between the bid and asked prices. Purchases of underwritten issues
will include an underwriting fee paid to the underwriter. Money market
instruments are normally purchased in principal transactions directly from the
issuer or from an underwriter or market maker.

It is likely that the broker-dealers selected based on the considerations
described in this section will include firms that also sell shares of the Fund
to their customers. However, the Advisor does not consider sales of shares of
the Fund as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio
transactions for the Fund and, accordingly, has implemented policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of
shares of the Fund as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute
portfolio transactions for the Fund.

The Advisor is permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended ("1934 Act"), when placing portfolio transactions for the Fund,
to cause the Fund to pay brokerage commissions in excess of that which another
broker-dealer might charge for executing the same transaction in order to obtain
research and brokerage services if the Advisor determines that such commissions
are reasonable in relation to the overall services provided. The Advisor may
from time to time, in reliance on Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act, execute
portfolio transactions with broker-dealers that provide research and brokerage
services to the Advisor. Consistent with the Advisor's policy regarding best
execution, where more than one broker is believed to be capable of providing
best execution for a particular trade, the Advisor may take into consideration
the receipt of research and brokerage services in selecting the broker-dealer to
execute the trade. Although certain research and brokerage services from
broker-dealers may be useful to the Fund and to the Advisor, it is the opinion
of the Advisor that such information only supplements its own research effort
since the information must still be analyzed, weighed and reviewed by the
Advisor's staff. To the extent that research and brokerage services of value are
received by the Advisor, the Advisor may avoid expenses that it might otherwise
incur. Research and brokerage services received from a broker-dealer may be
useful to the Advisor and its affiliates in providing investment management
services to all or some of its clients, which includes the Fund. Services
received from broker-dealers that executed securities transactions for the Fund
will not necessarily be used by the Advisor specifically to service such Fund.

Research and brokerage services provided by broker-dealers may include, but are
not limited to, information on the economy, industries, groups of securities,
individual companies, statistical information, accounting and tax law
interpretations, political developments, legal developments affecting portfolio
securities, technical market action, pricing and appraisal services, credit
analysis, risk measurement analysis, performance analysis and measurement and
analysis of corporate responsibility issues. Research and brokerage services are
typically received in the form of written or electronic reports, access to
specialized financial publications, telephone contacts and personal meetings
with security analysts, but may also be provided in the form of access to
various computer software and meetings arranged with corporate and industry
representatives.

The Advisor may also select broker-dealers and obtain from them research and
brokerage services that are used in connection with executing trades provided
that such services are consistent with interpretations under Section 28(e) of
the 1934 Act. Typically, these services take the form of computer software
and/or electronic communication services used by the Advisor to facilitate
trading activity with those broker-dealers.

Research and brokerage services may include products obtained from third parties
if the Advisor determines that such product or service constitutes brokerage and
research as defined in Section 28(e) and interpretations thereunder. Currently,
it is the Advisor's policy that Sub-Advisors may not execute portfolio
transactions on behalf of the Funds to obtain third party research and brokerage
services. The Advisor may, in the future, change this policy. Regardless,
certain Sub-Advisors may, as matter of internal policy, limit or preclude third
party research and brokerage services.

The Advisor may use brokerage commissions to obtain certain brokerage products
or services that have a mixed use (i.e., it also serves a function that does not
relate to the investment decision-making process). In those circumstances, the
Advisor will make a good faith judgment to evaluate the various benefits and
uses to which it intends to put the mixed use product or service and will pay
for that portion of the mixed use product or service that it reasonably believes
does not constitute research and brokerage services with its own resources.

DIMA will monitor regulatory developments and market practice in the use of
client commissions to obtain research and brokerage services and may adjust its
portfolio transactions policies in response thereto.

Investment decisions for the Fund and for other investment accounts managed by
the Advisor are made independently of each other in light of differing
conditions. However, the same investment decision may be made for two or more of
such accounts. In such cases, simultaneous transactions are inevitable. To the
extent permitted by law, the Advisor may aggregate the securities to be sold or
purchased for the Fund with those to be sold or purchased for other accounts in
executing transactions. Purchases or sales are then averaged as to price and
commission and allocated as to amount in a manner deemed equitable to each
account. While in some cases this practice could have a detrimental effect on
the price paid or received by, or on the size of the position obtained or
disposed of for, the Fund, in other cases it is believed that the ability to
engage in volume transactions will be beneficial to the Fund.

DIMA and its affiliates and the Fund's management team manage other mutual funds
and separate accounts, some of which use short sales of securities as a part of
its investment strategy. The simultaneous management of long and short
portfolios creates potential conflicts of interest including the risk that short
sale activity could adversely affect the market value of the long positions (and
vice versa), the risk arising from sequential orders in long and short
positions, and the risks associated with receiving opposing orders at the same
time.

DIMA has adopted procedures that it believes are reasonably designed to mitigate
these potential conflicts of interest. Incorporated in the procedures are
specific guidelines developed to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all
clients. DIMA and the investment team have established monitoring procedures and
a protocol for supervisory reviews, as well as compliance oversight to ensure
that potential conflicts of interest relating to this type of activity are
properly addressed.

Deutsche Bank AG or one of its affiliates (or in the case of a Sub-Advisor, the
Sub-Advisor or one of its affiliates) may act as a broker for the Fund and
receive brokerage commissions or other transaction-related compensation from the
Fund in the purchase and sale of securities, options or futures contracts when,
in the judgment of the Advisor, and in accordance with procedures approved by
the Fund's Boards, the affiliated broker will be able to obtain a price and
execution at least as favorable as those obtained from other qualified brokers
and if, in the transaction, the affiliated broker charges the Fund a rate
consistent with that charged to comparable unaffiliated customers in similar
transactions.





For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Fund paid brokerage
commissions in the amount of $215,207, $322,541 and $322,142, respectively.

The Fund did not pay any affiliated brokerage commissions for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2008.

The Fund is required to identify any securities of its "regular brokers or
dealers" (as such term is defined in Rule 10b-1 of the 1940 Act) that the Fund
has acquired during the most recent fiscal year. As of June 30, 2008 the Fund
held the following securities of its regular brokers or dealers:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name of Regular Broker or Dealer or Parent (Issuer)                Value of Securities Owned as of June 30, 2008
---------------------------------------------------                ---------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                           <C>
JPMorgan Chase &Co.                                                           $127,043,000
KCB Bank NV                                                                    $94,875,000
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I                                             $17,500,000
National Australia Bank LTD                                                    $42,500,000
Nordea Bank AB                                                                 $56,905,000
Rabobank Netherland                                                            $27,500,000
Royal Bank of Canada                                                           $28,000,000
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC                                           $54,580,000
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB                                               $65,000,000
Suntrust Banks, Inc.                                                           $20,063,000
</TABLE>


                               PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

Fund turnover rate is defined by the SEC as the ratio of the lesser of sales or
purchases to the monthly average value of such securities owned during the year,
excluding all securities whose remaining maturities at the time of acquisition
were one year or less. A higher rate involves greater brokerage and transaction
expenses to a Fund and may result in the realization of net capital gains, which
would be taxable to shareholders when distributed. Purchases and sales are made
for the Fund's portfolio whenever necessary, in management's opinion, to meet a
Fund's objective.

Higher levels of activity by a fund (i.e. 100% or higher transaction costs and
may also result in taxes on realized capital gains to be borne by the Fund's
shareholders, particularly if that Fund's primary investments are equity
securities. Purchases and sales are made whenever necessary, in the Advisor's
discretion, to meet the Fund's objective.


For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007, the portfolio
turnover rate was 145% and 117%, respectively.


                        PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES

General Information

Policies and procedures affecting transactions in Fund shares can be changed at
any time without notice, subject to applicable law. Transactions may be
contingent upon proper completion of application forms and other documents by
shareholders and their receipt by a Fund's agents. Transaction delays in
processing (and changing account features) due to circumstances within or beyond
the control of the Fund and its agents may occur. Shareholders (or their
financial service firms) are responsible for all losses and fees resulting from
bad checks, cancelled orders or the failure to consummate transactions effected
pursuant to instructions reasonably believed to genuine.

A distribution will be reinvested in shares of the same Fund and class if the
distribution check is returned as undeliverable.


Orders will be confirmed at a price based on the net asset value of the Fund
(including any applicable sales charge) next determined after receipt in good
order by DIDI of the order accompanied by payment. However, orders received by
dealers or other financial services firms prior to the determination of net
asset value and received in good order by DIDI prior to the determination of net
asset value will be confirmed at a price based on the net asset value next
determined after receipt by DIDI that day ("trade date").


Certificates. Share certificates will not be issued. Share certificates now in a
shareholder's possession may be sent to the transfer agent for cancellation and
book-entry credit to such shareholder's account. Certain telephone and other
procedures require book-entry holdings. Shareholders with outstanding
certificates bear the risk of loss.


Use of Financial Services Firms. Investment dealers and other firms provide
varying arrangements for their clients to purchase and redeem the Fund's shares,
including higher minimum investments, and may assess transaction or other fees.
Firms may arrange with their clients for other investment or administrative
services. Such firms may independently establish and charge additional amounts
to their clients for such services. Firms also may hold a Fund's shares in
nominee or street name as agent for and on behalf of their customers. In such
instances, the Fund's Transfer Agent will have no information with respect to or
control over the accounts of specific shareholders. Such shareholders may obtain
access to their accounts and information about their accounts only from their
firm. Certain of these firms may receive compensation from the Fund through the
Shareholder Service Agent for record-keeping and other expenses relating to
these nominee accounts. In addition, certain privileges with respect to the
purchase and redemption of shares or the reinvestment of dividends may not be
available through such firms. Some firms may participate in a program allowing
them access to their clients' accounts for servicing including, without
limitation, transfers of registration and dividend payee changes; and may
perform functions such as generation of confirmation statements and disbursement
of cash dividends. Such firms, including affiliates of DIDI, may receive
compensation from a Fund through the Shareholder Service Agent for these
services.


The Fund has authorized one or more financial service institutions, including
certain members of FINRA other than the Distributor ("financial institutions"),
to accept purchase and redemption orders for the Fund's shares. Such financial
institutions may also designate other parties, including plan administrator
intermediaries, to accept purchase and redemption orders on the Fund's behalf.
Orders for purchases or redemptions will be deemed to have been received by the
Fund when such financial institutions or, if applicable, their authorized
designees accept the orders. Subject to the terms of the contract between the
Fund and the financial institution, ordinarily orders will be priced at the
Fund's net asset value next computed after acceptance by such financial
institution or its authorized designees and accepted by the Fund. Further, if
purchases or redemptions of the Fund's shares are arranged and settlement is
made at an investor's election through any other authorized financial
institution, that financial institution may, at its discretion, charge a fee for
that service. The Board of Trustees and the Distributor, also the Fund's
principal underwriter, each has the right to limit the amount of purchases by,
and to refuse to sell to, any person. The Trustees and the Distributor may
suspend or terminate the offering of shares of the Fund at any time for any
reason.


DIDI has adopted an Incentive Plan (the "Plan") covering wholesalers that are
regional vice presidents ("DWS Investments Wholesalers"). Generally, DWS
Investments Wholesalers market shares of the DWS funds to financial advisors,
who in turn may recommend that investors purchase shares of a DWS fund. The Plan
is an incentive program that combines a monthly incentive component with a
quarterly strategic bonus component. Under the Plan, DWS Investments Wholesalers
will receive a monetary monthly incentive based on the amount of sales generated
from their marketing of the funds, and that incentive will differ depending on
the product category of the fund. Each fund is assigned to one of three product
categories -- "Strategic," "Tactical" or "all other funds" -- taking into
consideration, among other things, the following criteria, where applicable:

o        The Fund's consistency with DWS Investments' branding and long-term
         strategy.
o        The Fund's competitive performance;
o        The Fund's Morningstar rating;
o        The length of time the Fund's Portfolio Managers have managed the
         Fund/Strategy
o        Market size for the fund category;
o        The Fund's size, including sales and redemptions of the Fund's shares

This information and other factors are presented to a committee comprised of
representatives from various groups within DWS Investments, who review on a
quarterly basis the funds assigned to each product category described above, and
make any changes to those assignments at that time. No one factor, whether
positive or negative, determines a fund's placement in a given category; all
these factors together are considered, and the designation of funds in the
Strategic and Tactical categories represents management's judgment based on the
above criteria. In addition, management may consider a fund's profile over the
course of several review periods before making a change to its category
assignment. These category assignments will be posted quarterly to the DWS
funds' Web site at www.dws-investments.com, approximately one month after the
end of each quarter. DWS Investments Wholesalers receive the highest
compensation for Strategic funds, less for Tactical funds and the lowest for all
other funds. The level of compensation among these categories may differ
significantly.

The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of, additional compensation by a DWS
Investments Wholesaler under the Plan may provide an incentive to favor
marketing the Strategic or Tactical funds over all other funds. The Plan,
however, will not change the price that investors pay for shares of a fund. The
DWS Investments Compliance Department monitors DWS Investments Wholesaler sales
and other activity in an effort to detect unusual activity in the context of the
compensation structure under the Plan. However, investors may wish to take the
Plan and the product category of the fund into account when considering
purchasing a fund or evaluating any recommendations relating to fund shares.





Telephone and Electronic Transaction Procedures. Shareholders have various
telephone, Internet, wire and other electronic privileges available. The Fund or
its agents will not be liable for any losses, expenses or costs arising out of
fraudulent or unauthorized instructions pursuant to these privileges if the Fund
or its agents reasonably believe, based upon reasonable verification procedures,
that the instructions were genuine. Verification procedures include recording
instructions, requiring certain identifying information before acting upon
instructions and sending written confirmations. During periods when it is
difficult to contact the Shareholder Service Agent, it may be difficult to use
telephone, wire and other privileges.





QuickBuy and QuickSell. QuickBuy and QuickSell permits the transfer of money via
the Automated Clearing House System (minimum $50 and maximum $250,000) from or
to a shareholder's bank, savings and loan, or credit union account in connection
with the purchase or redemption of Fund shares. Shares purchased by check or
through QuickBuy and QuickSell or Direct Deposit may not be redeemed under this
privilege until such Shares have been owned for at least 10 calendar days.
QuickBuy and QuickSell cannot be used with passbook savings accounts or for
certain tax-deferred plans.





Dividend Payment Option. Investors may have dividends and distributions
automatically deposited to their predesignated bank account through DWS
Investments' Dividend Payment Option request form. Shareholders whose
predesignated checking account of record is with a member bank of Automated
Clearing House Network (ACH) can have income and capital gain distributions
automatically deposited to their personal bank account usually within three
business days after the Fund pays its distribution. A Dividend Payment Option
request form can be obtained by visiting our Web site at:
www.dws-investments.com or calling (800) 621-1048. Confirmation Statements will
be mailed to shareholders as notification that distributions have been
deposited.

Tax-Sheltered Retirement Plans. The Shareholder Service Agent provides
retirement plan services and documents and DIDI can establish investor accounts
in any of the following types of retirement plans:


o        Traditional, Roth and Education IRAs. This includes Savings Incentive
         Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers ("SIMPLE"), Simplified
         Employee Pension Plan ("SEP") IRA accounts and prototype documents.

o        403(b)(7) Custodial Accounts. This type of plan is available to
         employees of most non-profit organizations.

o        Prototype money purchase pension and profit-sharing plans may be
         adopted by employers.

Brochures describing these plans as well as model defined benefit plans, target
benefit plans, 457 plans, 401(k) plans, simple 401(k) plans and materials for
establishing them are available from the Shareholder Service Agent upon request.
Additional fees and transaction policies and procedures may apply to such plans.
Investors should consult with their own tax advisors before establishing a
retirement plan.

Purchases

The Fund reserves the right to withdraw all or any part of the offering made by
its prospectus and to reject purchase orders for any reason. Also, from time to
time, a Fund may temporarily suspend the offering of any class of its shares to
new investors. During the period of such suspension, persons who are already
shareholders of such class of such Fund may be permitted to continue to purchase
additional shares of such class and to have dividends reinvested.


To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering
activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. For
more information, please see "Policies You Should Know About" in the Fund's
prospectuses.

Financial Services Firms' Compensation. Banks and other financial services firms
may provide administrative services related to order placement and payment to
facilitate transactions in shares of the Fund for their clients, and DIDI may
pay them a transaction fee up to the level of the discount or commission
allowable or payable to dealers.





In addition to the discounts or commissions described herein and in the
prospectuses, DIDI, the Advisor, or its affiliates may pay or allow additional
discounts, commissions or promotional incentives, in the form of cash, to firms
that sell shares of the Fund. In some instances, such amounts may be offered
only to certain firms that sell or are expected to sell during specified time
periods certain minimum amounts of shares of the Fund, or other funds
underwritten by DIDI.

Upon notice to all dealers, DIDI may re-allow to dealers up to the full
applicable Class A sales charge during periods and for transactions specified in
such notice and such re-allowances may be based upon attainment of minimum sales
levels. During periods when 90% or more of the sales charge is re-allowed, such
dealers may be deemed to be underwriters as that term is defined in the 1933
Act.

DIDI may at its discretion compensate investment dealers or other financial
services firms in connection with the sale of Class A shares of the Fund in
accordance with the Large Order NAV Purchase Privilege and one of the two
compensation schedules up to the following amounts:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Compensation Schedule #1:                                                        Compensation Schedule #2:
Retail Sales and DWS Flex Plan(1)                                                 DWS Retirement Plans(2)
---------------------------------                                                 -----------------------

Amount of                                   As a Percentage of Net    Amount of Shares      As a Percentage of Net
Shares Sold                                       Asset Value               Sold                 Asset Value
-----------                                       -----------               ----                 -----------
<S>                                                <C>                         <C>                  <C>
$1 million to $3 million                  1.00% (equity funds) 0.85%
                                                (income funds)
Over $3 million to $50 million                       0.50%             Over $3 million          0.00% - 0.50%
Over $50 million                                     0.25%                    --                       --
</TABLE>

(1)       For purposes of determining the appropriate commission percentage to
          be applied to a particular sale under the foregoing schedule, DIDI
          will consider the cumulative amount invested by the purchaser in the
          Fund and other funds listed under "Special Features -- Class A Shares
          -- Combined Purchases," including purchases pursuant to the "Combined
          Purchases," "Letter of Intent" and "Cumulative Discount" features
          referred to above.

(2)       Compensation Schedule 2 applies to employer sponsored employee benefit
          plans using the OmniPlus subaccount record keeping system made
          available through ADP, Inc. under an alliance with DIDI and its
          affiliates.





Effective January 1, 2006, DIDI will no longer advance the first year
distribution fee and service fee to firms for sales of Class C shares to
employer sponsored benefit plans using the OmniPlus subaccount record keeping
system made available through ADP, Inc. under an alliance with DIDI and it
affiliates. DIDI is compensated by the Fund for services as distributor and
principal underwriter for Class C shares.

Revenue Sharing

In light of recent regulatory developments, the Advisor, the Distributor and
their affiliates have undertaken to furnish certain additional information below
regarding the level of payments made by them to selected affiliated and
unaffiliated brokers, dealers, participating insurance companies or other
financial intermediaries ("financial advisors") in connection with the sale
and/or distribution of Fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of
investors and Fund shares ("revenue sharing").

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may pay additional
compensation, out of their own assets and not as an additional charge to each
Fund, to financial advisors in connection with the sale and/or distribution of
Fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of Fund investors and Fund shares.
Such revenue sharing payments are in addition to any distribution or service
fees payable under any Rule 12b-1 or service plan of any fund, any record
keeping/sub-transfer agency/networking fees payable by each Fund (generally
through the Distributor or an affiliate) and/or the Distributor to certain
financial advisors for performing such services and any sales charges,
commissions, non-cash compensation arrangements expressly permitted under
applicable rules of FINRA or other concessions described in the fee table or
elsewhere in the Prospectuses or the SAI as payable to all financial advisors.
For example, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may compensate
financial advisors for providing each Fund with "shelf space" or access to a
third party platform or fund offering list, or other marketing programs
including, without limitation, inclusion of each Fund on preferred or
recommended sales lists, mutual fund "supermarket" platforms and other formal
sales programs; granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's sales
force; granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's conferences
and meetings; assistance in training and educating the financial advisor's
personnel; and, obtaining other forms of marketing support. The level of revenue
sharing payments made to financial advisors may be a fixed fee or based upon one
or more of the following factors: gross sales, current assets and/or number of
accounts of each Fund attributable to the financial advisor, the particular fund
or fund type or other measures as agreed to by the Advisor, the Distributor
and/or their affiliates and the financial advisors or any combination thereof.
The amount of these payments is determined at the discretion of the Advisor, the
Distributor and/or their affiliates from time to time, may be substantial, and
may be different for different financial advisors based on, for example, the
nature of the services provided by the financial advisor.

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates currently make revenue
sharing payments from their own assets in connection with the sale and/or
distribution of DWS Fund shares, or the retention and/or servicing of investors,
to financial advisors in amounts that generally range from .01% up to .50% of
assets of the Fund serviced and maintained by the financial advisor, .05% to
..25% of sales of the Fund attributable to the financial advisor, a flat fee of
$13,350 up to $500,000, or any combination thereof. These amounts are annual
figures typically paid on a quarterly basis and are subject to change at the
discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates. Receipt of,
or the prospect of receiving, this additional compensation, may influence your
financial advisor's recommendation of this Fund or of any particular share class
of the Fund. You should review your financial advisor's compensation disclosure
and/or talk to your financial advisor to obtain more information on how this
compensation may have influenced your financial advisor's recommendation of this
Fund.

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may also make such revenue
sharing payments to financial advisors under the terms discussed above in
connection with the distribution of both DWS funds and non-DWS funds by
financial advisors to retirement plans that obtain record keeping services from
ADP, Inc. on the DWS Scudder branded retirement plan platform (the "Platform")
with the level of revenue sharing payments being based upon sales of both the
DWS funds and the non-DWS funds by the financial advisor on the Platform or
current assets of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds serviced and
maintained by the financial advisor on the Platform.

As of the date hereof, each Fund has been advised that the Advisor, the
Distributor and their affiliates expect that the following firms will receive
revenue sharing payments at different points during the coming year as described
above:

Channel: Broker-Dealers and Financial Advisors
AIG Advisors Group
Ameriprise
Cadaret, Grant & Co. Inc.
Capital Analyst, Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (dba Smith Barney)
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLP (dba Commonwealth Financial Network)
Deutsche Bank Group
Ensemble Financial Services
First Clearing/Wachovia Securities
Fiserv Trust Company
HD Vest Investment Securities, Inc.
ING Group
John Hancock Distributors LLC
LPL Financial
M.L. Stern & Co.
Meridien Financial Group
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Raymond James & Associates
Raymond James Financial Services
RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc
Securities America, Inc.
UBS Financial Services
Wachovia Securities
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC

Channel: Cash Product Platform
Allegheny Investments LTD
Bank of New York (Hare & Co.)
Bear, Stearns Securities Corp.
Brown Brothers Harriman
Brown Investment Advisory & Trust Company
Cadaret Grant & Co.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
D.A. Davidson & Company
Deutsche Bank Group
Emmett A. Larkin Company
Fiduciary Trust Co. - International
First Southwest Company
Huntleigh Securities
Lincoln Investment Planning
LPL Financial
Mellon Financial Markets LLC
Penson Financial Services
Pershing Choice Platform
ProFunds Distributors, Inc.
Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Solutions
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Romano Brothers and Company
SAMCO Capital Markets
Smith Moore & Company
Sungard Institutional Brokerage Inc.
US Bancorp
UBS Financial Services
William Blair & Company

Channel: Third Party Insurance Platforms
Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York
Ameritas Life Insurance Group
Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company
Columbus Life Insurance Company
Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company
Companion Life Insurance Company
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Farmers New World Life Insurance Company
Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company
First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company
First Great West Life and Annuity Company
Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York
Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Great West Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Hartford Life Insurance Company
Integrity Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Life Insurance companies
Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company
Lincoln Benefit Life Insurance Company
Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Group
MetLife Group
Minnesota Life Insurance Company
National Life Insurance Company
National Integrity Life Insurance Company
Nationwide Group
New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Protective Life Insurance
Provident Mutual Life Insurance
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Sun Life Group
Symetra Life Insurance Company
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Union Central Life Insurance Company
United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
United Investors Life Insurance Company
Western Southern Life Assurance Company

Any additions, modifications or deletions to the financial advisors identified
above that have occurred since the date hereof are not reflected.

The Advisor, the Distributor or their affiliates may enter into additional
revenue sharing arrangements or change or discontinue existing arrangements with
financial advisors at any time without notice.

The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of additional compensation or
promotional incentives described above by financial advisors may provide such
financial advisors and/or their salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of
shares of the DWS funds or a particular DWS fund over sales of shares of mutual
funds (or non-mutual fund investments) with respect to which the financial
advisor does not receive additional compensation or promotional incentives, or
receives lower levels of additional compensation or promotional incentives.
Similarly, financial advisors may receive different compensation or incentives
that may influence their recommendation of any particular share class of the
Fund or of other funds. These payment arrangements, however, will not change the
price that an investor pays for Fund shares or the amount that the Fund receives
to invest on behalf of an investor and will not increase Fund expenses. You may
wish to take such payment arrangements into account when considering and
evaluating any recommendations relating to Fund shares and you should discuss
this matter with your financial advisor and review your financial advisor's
disclosures.

It is likely that broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions for the
Fund will include firms that also sell shares of the DWS funds to their
customers. However, the Advisor will not consider sales of DWS fund shares as a
factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for
the DWS funds. Accordingly, the Advisor has implemented policies and procedures
reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of DWS fund
shares as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio
transactions for the Fund. In addition, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or
their affiliates will not use fund brokerage to pay for their obligation to
provide additional compensation to financial advisors as described above.




Class A Purchases. The public offering price of Class A shares for purchasers
choosing the initial sales charge alternative is the net asset value plus a
sales charge, as set forth below.

                                                                    Sales Charge
                                                                    ------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         Allowed to Dealers
                                           As a Percentage of     As a Percentage of     as a Percentage of
Amount of Purchase                            Offering Price       Net Asset Value*        Offering Price
------------------                            --------------       ---------------         --------------
<S>                                               <C>                   <C>                   <C>
Less than $50,000                                 5.75%                 6.10%                 5.20%
$50,000 but less than $100,000                    4.50                  4.71                  4.00
$100,000 but less than $250,000                   3.50                  3.63                  3.00
$250,000 but less than $500,000                   2.60                  2.67                  2.25
$500,000 but less than $1 million                 2.00                  2.04                  1.75
$1 million and over                                .00**                 .00**                ***
</TABLE>

*        Rounded to the nearest one-hundredth percent.

**       Redemption of shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales
         charge as discussed below.


***      Commission is payable by DIDI as discussed below.

Class A NAV Sales. Class A shares may be sold at net asset value to:

(a)      a current or former director or trustee of Deutsche or DWS mutual
         funds;

(b)      an employee (including the employee's spouse or life partner and
         children or stepchildren age 21 or younger) of Deutsche Bank or its
         affiliates or of a subadvisor to any fund in the DWS family of funds or
         of a broker-dealer authorized to sell shares of the Fund or service
         agents of the Fund;

(c)      certain professionals who assist in the promotion of DWS mutual funds
         pursuant to personal services contracts with DIDI, for themselves or
         members of their families. DIDI in its discretion may compensate
         financial services firms for sales of Class A shares under this
         privilege at a commission rate of 0.50% of the amount of Class A shares
         purchased;

(d)      any trust, pension, profit-sharing or other benefit plan for only such
         persons listed under the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b);

(e)      persons who purchase such shares through bank trust departments that
         process such trades through an automated, integrated mutual fund
         clearing program provided by a third party clearing firm;

(f)      selected employees (including their spouses or life partners and
         children or stepchildren age 21 or younger) of banks and other
         financial services firms that provide administrative services related
         to order placement and payment to facilitate transactions in shares of
         the Fund for their clients pursuant to an agreement with DIDI or one of
         its affiliates. Only those employees of such banks and other firms who
         as part of their usual duties provide services related to transactions
         in Fund shares qualify;

(g)      unit investment trusts sponsored by Ranson & Associates, Inc. and
         unitholders of unit investment trusts sponsored by Ranson & Associates,
         Inc. or its predecessors through reinvestment programs described in the
         prospectuses of such trusts that have such programs;

(h)      through certain investment advisors registered under the Investment
         Advisers Act of 1940 and other financial services firms acting solely
         as agent for their clients, that adhere to certain standards
         established by DIDI, including a requirement that such shares be sold
         for the benefit of their clients participating in an investment
         advisory program or agency commission program under which such clients
         pay a fee to the investment advisor or other firm for portfolio
         management or agency brokerage services. Such shares are sold for
         investment purposes and on the condition that they will not be resold
         except through redemption or repurchase by the Fund;

(i)      employer sponsored employee benefit plans using the Flex subaccount
         recordkeeping system ("Flex Plans") made available through ADP under an
         alliance with DIDI and its affiliates, established prior to October 1,
         2003, provided that the Flex Plan is a participant-directed plan that
         has not less than 200 eligible employees;

(j)      investors investing $1 million or more, either as a lump sum or through
         the "Combined Purchases," "Letter of Intent" and "Cumulative Discount"
         features referred to above (collectively, the "Large Order NAV Purchase
         Privilege"). The Large Order NAV Purchase Privilege is not available if
         another net asset value purchase privilege is available;

(k)      defined contribution investment only plans with a minimum of $1,000,000
         in plan assets regardless of the amount allocated to the DWS funds;

In addition, Class A shares may be sold at net asset value in connection with:

(l)      the acquisition of the assets of or merger or consolidation with
         another investment company, or to shareholders in connection with the
         investment or reinvestment of income and capital gain dividends, and
         under other circumstances deemed appropriate by DIDI and consistent
         with regulatory requirements; and

(m)      a direct "roll over" of a distribution from a Flex Plan or from
         participants in employer sponsored employee benefit plans maintained on
         the OmniPlus subaccount record keeping system made available through
         ADP, Inc. under an alliance with DIDI and its affiliates into a DWS
         Investments IRA;

(n)      reinvestment of fund dividends and distributions;

(o)      exchanging an investment in Class A shares of another fund in the DWS
         family of funds for an investment in the fund.

Class A shares also may be purchased at net asset value in any amount by members
of the plaintiff class in the proceeding known as Howard and Audrey Tabankin, et
al. v. Kemper Short-Term Global Income Fund, et al., Case No. 93 C 5231 (N.D.
IL). This privilege is generally non-transferable and continues for the lifetime
of individual class members and for a ten-year period for non-individual class
members. To make a purchase at net asset value under this privilege, the
investor must, at the time of purchase, submit a written request that the
purchase be processed at net asset value pursuant to this privilege specifically
identifying the purchaser as a member of the "Tabankin Class." Shares purchased
under this privilege will be maintained in a separate account that includes only
shares purchased under this privilege. For more details concerning this
privilege, class members should refer to the Notice of (i) Proposed Settlement
with Defendants; and (ii) Hearing to Determine Fairness of Proposed Settlement,
dated August 31, 1995, issued in connection with the aforementioned court
proceeding. For sales of Fund shares at net asset value pursuant to this
privilege, DIDI may in its discretion pay investment dealers and other financial
services firms a concession, payable quarterly, at an annual rate of up to 0.25%
of net assets attributable to such shares maintained and serviced by the firm. A
firm becomes eligible for the concession based upon assets in accounts
attributable to shares purchased under this privilege in the month after the
month of purchase and the concession continues until terminated by DIDI. The
privilege of purchasing Class A shares of the Fund at net asset value under this
privilege is not available if another net asset value purchase privilege also
applies.





Class A Quantity Discounts. An investor or the investor's dealer or other
financial services firm must notify the Shareholder Service Agent or DIDI
whenever a quantity discount or reduced sales charge is applicable to a
purchase. In order to qualify for a lower sales charge, all orders from an
organized group will have to be placed through a single investment dealer or
other firm and identified as originating from a qualifying purchaser.

Letter of Intent. The reduced sales charges for Class A shares, as shown in the
applicable prospectus, also apply to the aggregate amount of purchases of Class
A shares of DWS Fund that bear a sales charge made by any purchaser within a
24-month period under a written Letter of Intent ("Letter") provided by DIDI.
The Letter, which imposes no obligation to purchase or sell additional Class A
shares, provides for a price adjustment depending upon the actual amount
purchased within such period. The Letter provides that the first purchase
following execution of the Letter must be at least 5% of the amount of the
intended purchase, and that 5% of the amount of the intended purchase normally
will be held in escrow in the form of shares pending completion of the intended
purchase. If the total investments under the Letter are less than the intended
amount and thereby qualify only for a higher sales charge than actually paid,
the appropriate number of escrowed shares are redeemed and the proceeds used
toward satisfaction of the obligation to pay the increased sales charge. The
Letter for an employer-sponsored employee benefit plan maintained on the
subaccount record keeping system available through ADP, Inc. under an alliance
with DIDI and its affiliates may have special provisions regarding payment of
any increased sales charge resulting from a failure to complete the intended
purchase under the Letter. A shareholder may include the value (at the maximum
offering price, which is determined by adding the maximum applicable sales load
charged to the net asset value) of all Class A shares of such DWS Fund held of
record as of the initial purchase date under the Letter as an "accumulation
credit" toward the completion of the Letter, but no price adjustment will be
made on such shares.


Class A Cumulative Discount. Class A shares of the Fund may also be purchased at
the rate applicable to the discount bracket attained by adding to the cost of
shares being purchased, the value of all Class A shares of DWS Fund that bear a
sales charge (computed at the maximum offering price at the time of the purchase
for which the discount is applicable) already owned by the investor or his or
her immediate family member (including the investor's spouse or life partner and
children or stepchildren age 21 or younger).


For purposes of the Combined Purchases, Letter of Intent and Cumulative Discount
features described above, employer sponsored employee benefit plans using the
Flex subaccount record keeping system available through ADP, Inc. under an
alliance with DIDI and its affiliates may include: (a) Money Market Funds as
"DWS Funds," (b) all classes of shares of any DWS Fund and (c) the value of any
other plan investments, such as guaranteed investment contracts and employer
stock, maintained on such subaccount record keeping system. Once eligible plan
assets under this provision reach the $1,000,000 threshold, a later decline in
assets below the $1,000,000 threshold will not affect the plan's ability to
continue to purchase Class A shares at net asset value.


Combined Purchases. The Fund's Class A shares may be purchased at the rate
applicable to the sales charge discount bracket attained by combining same day
investments in Class A shares of any DWS Fund that bear a sales charge.

Class B Purchases. Class B shares of a fund are offered at net asset value. No
initial sales charge is imposed. Class B shares sold without an initial sales
charge allow the full amount of the investor's purchase payment to be invested
in Class B shares for his or her account. Class B shares have a contingent
deferred sales charge of 4.00% that declines over time (for shares sold within
six years of purchase) and Rule 12b-1 fees, as described in the Fund's
prospectus and SAI. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after
six years.

Class C Purchases. Class C shares of the fund are offered at net asset value. No
initial sales charge is imposed, which allows the full amount of the investor's
purchase payment to be invested in Class C shares for his or her account. Class
C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% (for shares
sold within one year of purchase) and Rule 12b-1 fees, as described in the
Fund's prospectus and SAI.


Multi-Class Suitability. DIDI has established the following procedures regarding
the purchase of Class A, Class B and Class C shares. Orders to purchase Class B
shares of $100,000 or more and orders to purchase Class C shares of $500,000 or
more will be declined with the exception of orders received from financial
representatives acting for clients whose shares are held in an omnibus account
and employer-sponsored employee benefit plans using the subaccount record
keeping system ("System") maintained for DWS Investments-branded plans on record
keeping systems made available through ADP, Inc. under an alliance with DIDI and
its affiliate ("DWS Investments Flex Plans").





The following provisions apply to DWS Investments Flex Plans.


a.        Class B Share DWS Scudder Flex Plans. Class B shares have not been
          sold to DWS Scudder Flex Plans that were established on the System
          after October 1, 2003. Orders to purchase Class B shares for a DWS
          Scudder Flex Plan established on the System prior to October 1, 2003
          that has regularly been purchasing Class B shares will be invested
          instead in Class A shares at net asset value when the combined
          subaccount value in DWS Funds or other eligible assets held by the
          plan is $100,000 or more. This provision will be imposed for the first
          purchase after eligible plan assets reach the $100,000 threshold. A
          later decline in assets below the $100,000 threshold will not affect
          the plan's ability to continue to purchase Class A shares at net asset
          value.

b.        Class C Share DWS Scudder Flex Plans. Orders to purchase Class C
          shares for a DWS Scudder Flex Plan, regardless of when such plan was
          established on the System, will be invested instead in Class A shares
          at net asset value when the combined subaccount value in DWS Funds or
          other eligible assets held by the plan is $1,000,000 or more. This
          provision will be imposed for the first purchase after eligible plan
          assets reach the $1,000,000 threshold. A later decline in assets below
          the $1,000,000 threshold will not affect the plan's ability to
          continue to purchase Class A shares at net asset value.



The procedures above do not reflect in any way the suitability of a particular
class of shares for a particular investor and should not be relied upon as such.
A suitability determination must be made by investors with the assistance of
their financial representative.


Institutional Class Purchases. Information on how to buy Institutional Class
shares is set forth in the section entitled "Buying and Selling Shares" in the
Fund's prospectus. The following supplements that information. The minimum
initial investment for Institutional Class shares is $1,000,000. The minimum
initial investment may be waived in certain circumstances. The minimum amounts
may be changed at any time in management's discretion.




To sell shares in a retirement account other than an IRA, your request must be
made in writing, except for exchanges to other eligible funds in the DWS family
of funds, which can be requested by phone or in writing.


Automatic Investment Plan. A shareholder may purchase shares of the Fund through
an automatic investment program. With the Direct Deposit Purchase Plan ("Direct
Deposit"), investments are made automatically (minimum $500 and maximum $250,000
for initial investments and a minimum of $50 and maximum $250,000 for subsequent
investments) from the shareholder's account at a bank, savings and loan or
credit union into the shareholder's Fund account. Termination by a shareholder
will become effective within thirty days after the Shareholder Service Agent has
received the request. The Fund may immediately terminate a shareholder's Direct
Deposit in the event that any item is unpaid by the shareholder's financial
institution.





Minimum Subsequent Investment Policies. For current shareholders of Class A, B
or C shares there is a $50 minimum investment requirement for subsequent
investments in the Fund. There is no minimum subsequent investment requirement
in Class A shares for investments on behalf of participants in certain fee-based
and wrap programs offered through financial intermediaries approved by the
Advisor. There is no minimum subsequent investment required for Institutional
Class shares.




Payroll Investment Plans. A shareholder may purchase shares through Payroll
Direct Deposit or Government Direct Deposit. Under these programs, all or a
portion of a shareholder's net pay or government check is invested each payment
period. A shareholder may terminate participation in these programs by giving
written notice to the shareholder's employer or government agency, as
appropriate. (A reasonable time to act is required.) The Fund is not responsible
for the efficiency of the employer or government agency making the payment or
any financial institutions transmitting payments.

Redemptions

Redemption fee. The Fund will impose a redemption fee of 2% of the total
redemption amount (calculated at net asset value, without regard to the effect
of any contingent deferred sales charge; any contingent deferred sales charge is
also assessed on the total redemption amount without regard to the assessment of
the 2% redemption fee) on all Fund shares redeemed or exchanged within 15 days
of buying them (either by purchase or exchange). The redemption fee is paid
directly to the Fund, and is designed to encourage long-term investment and to
offset transaction and other costs associated with short-term or excessive
trading. For purposes of determining whether the redemption fee applies, shares
held the longest time will be treated as being redeemed first and shares held
the shortest time will be treated as being redeemed last. The redemption fee is
applicable to Fund shares purchased either directly or through a financial
intermediary, such as a broker-dealer. Transactions through financial
intermediaries typically are placed with the Fund on an omnibus basis and
include both purchase and sale transactions placed on behalf of multiple
investors. These purchase and sale transactions are generally netted against one
another and placed on an aggregate basis; consequently the identities of the
individuals on whose behalf the transactions are placed generally are not known
to the Fund. For this reason, the Fund has undertaken to notify financial
intermediaries of their obligation to assess the redemption fee on customer
accounts and to collect and remit the proceeds to the Fund. However, due to
operational requirements, the intermediaries' methods for tracking and
calculating the fee may be inadequate or differ in some respects from the
Fund's.

Policies and procedures affecting transactions in Fund shares can be changed at
any time without notice, subject to applicable law. Transactions may be
contingent upon proper completion of application forms and other documents by
shareholders and their receipt by the Fund's agents. Transaction delays in
processing (and changing account features) due to circumstances within or beyond
the control of a Fund and its agents may occur. Shareholders (or their financial
service firms) are responsible for all losses and fees resulting from bad
checks, cancelled orders or the failure to consummate transactions effected
pursuant to instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

The Fund may suspend the right of redemption or delay payment more than seven
days (a) during any period when the Exchange is closed other than customary
weekend and holiday closings or during any period in which trading on the
Exchange is restricted, (b) during any period when an emergency exists as a
result of which (i) disposal of the Fund's investments is not reasonably
practicable, or (ii) it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund to determine
the value of its net assets, or (c) for such other periods as the SEC may by
order permit for the protection of the Fund's shareholders.


A request for repurchase (confirmed redemption) may be communicated by a
shareholder through a financial services firm to DIDI, which firms must promptly
submit orders to be effective.

Redemption requests must be unconditional. Redemption requests (and a stock
power for certificated shares) must be duly endorsed by the account holder. As
specified in the prospectuses, signatures may need to be guaranteed by a
commercial bank, trust company, savings and loan association, federal savings
bank, member firm of a national securities exchange or other financial
institution permitted by SEC rule. Additional documentation may be required,
particularly from institutional and fiduciary account holders, such as
corporations, custodians (e.g., under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act),
executors, administrators, trustees or guardians.


If the proceeds of the redemption (prior to the imposition of any contingent
deferred sales charge) are $100,000 or less and the proceeds are payable to the
shareholder of record at the address of record, normally a telephone request or
a written request by any one account holder without a signature guarantee is
sufficient for redemptions by individual or joint account holders, and trust,
executor and guardian account holders, provided the trustee, executor or
guardian is named in the account registration. Other institutional account
holders may exercise this special privilege of redeeming shares by telephone
request or written request without signature guarantee subject to the same
conditions as individual account holders, provided that this privilege has been
pre-authorized by the institutional account holder by written instruction to the
Shareholder Service Agent with signatures guaranteed. This privilege may not be
used to redeem shares held in certificated form and may not be used if the
shareholder's account has had an address change within 15 days of the redemption
request.

Wires. Delivery of the proceeds of a wire redemption of $250,000 or more may be
delayed by the Fund for up to seven days if a Fund or the Shareholder Service
Agent deems it appropriate under then-current market conditions. The ability to
send wires is limited by the business hours and holidays of the firms involved.
A Fund is not responsible for the efficiency of the federal wire system or the
account holder's financial services firm or bank. The account holder is
responsible for any charges imposed by the account holder's firm or bank. To
change the designated account to receive wire redemption proceeds, send a
written request to the Fund Shareholder Service Agent with signatures guaranteed
as described above or contact the firm through which Fund shares were purchased.

Automatic Withdrawal Plan. The owner of $5,000 or more of a class of the Fund's
shares at the offering price (net asset value plus, in the case of Class A
shares, the initial sales charge) may provide for the payment from the owner's
account of any requested dollar amount to be paid to the owner or a designated
payee monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually. The $5,000 minimum account
size is not applicable to IRAs. The minimum periodic payment is $50. The maximum
annual rate at which shares, subject to CDSC may be redeemed is 12% of the net
asset value of the account. Shares are redeemed so that the payee should receive
payment approximately the first of the month. Investors using this Plan must
reinvest Fund distributions.

Non-retirement plan shareholders may establish an Automatic Withdrawal Plan (the
"Plan") to receive monthly, quarterly or periodic redemptions from his or her
account for any designated amount of $50 or more. Shareholders may designate
which day they want the automatic withdrawal to be processed. The check amounts
may be based on the redemption of a fixed dollar amount, fixed share amount,
percent of account value or declining balance. The Plan provides for income
dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, to be reinvested in
additional shares. Shares are then liquidated as necessary to provide for
withdrawal payments. Since the withdrawals are in amounts selected by the
investor and have no relationship to yield or income, payments received cannot
be considered as yield or income on the investment and the resulting
liquidations may deplete or possibly extinguish the initial investment and any
reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. Any such requests must be
received by a Fund's transfer agent ten days prior to the date of the first
automatic withdrawal. An Automatic Withdrawal Plan may be terminated at any time
by the shareholder, the Trust or its agent on written notice, and will be
terminated when all shares of the Fund under the Plan have been liquidated or
upon receipt by the Trust of notice of death of the shareholder.

The purchase of Class A shares while participating in a systematic withdrawal
plan will ordinarily be disadvantageous to the investor because the investor
will be paying a sales charge on the purchase of shares at the same time that
the investor is redeeming shares upon which a sales charge may have already been
paid. Therefore, a Fund will not knowingly permit additional investments of less
than $2,000 if the investor is at the same time making systematic withdrawals.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC). The following example will illustrate
the operation of the CDSC. Assume that an investor makes a single purchase of
$10,000 of the Fund's Class B shares and that 16 months later the value of the
shares has grown by $1,000 through reinvested dividends and by an additional
$1,000 of share appreciation to a total of $12,000. If the investor were then to
redeem the entire $12,000 in share value, the CDSC would be payable only with
respect to $10,000 because neither the $1,000 of reinvested dividends nor the
$1,000 of share appreciation is subject to the charge. The charge would be at
the rate of 3.00% ($300) because it was in the second year after the purchase
was made.


The rate of the CDSC is determined by the length of the period of ownership.
Investments are tracked on a monthly basis. The period of ownership for this
purpose begins the first day of the month in which the order for the investment
is received. For example, an investment made in March of the year of investment
will be eligible for the second year's charge if redeemed on or after March of
the following year. In the event no specific order is requested when redeeming
shares subject to a CDSC, the redemption will be made first from shares
representing reinvested dividends and then from the earliest purchase of shares.
DIDI receives any CDSC directly. The charge will not be imposed upon redemption
of reinvested dividends or share appreciation.

The Class A CDSC will be waived in the event of:

(a)      redemptions by a participant-directed qualified retirement plan
         described in Code Section 401(a), a participant-directed non-qualified
         deferred compensation plan described in Code Section 457 or a
         participant-directed qualified retirement plan described in Code
         Section 403(b)(7) which is not sponsored by a K-12 school district;

(b)      redemptions by employer-sponsored employee benefit plans using the
         subaccount record keeping system made available through ADP, Inc. under
         an alliance with DIDI and its affiliates;

(c)      redemption of shares of a shareholder (including a registered joint
         owner) who has died or is disabled (under certain circumstances);

(d)      redemption of shares of a shareholder (including a registered joint
         owner) who after purchase of the shares being redeemed becomes totally
         disabled (as evidenced by a determination by the federal Social
         Security Administration);

(e)      redemptions under the Fund's Automatic Withdrawal Plan at a maximum of
         12% per year of the net asset value of the account;

(f)      redemptions of shares whose dealer of record at the time of the
         investment notifies DIDI that the dealer waives the discretionary
         commission applicable to such Large Order NAV Purchase; and

(g)      redemptions for certain loan advances, hardship provisions or returns
         of excess contributions from retirement plans.

The Class B CDSC will be waived for the circumstances set forth in items (c),
(d), (e) and (g) for Class A shares. In addition, this CDSC will be waived:

(h)      for redemptions made pursuant to any IRA systematic withdrawal based on
         the shareholder's life expectancy including, but not limited to,
         substantially equal periodic payments described in Internal Revenue
         Code Section 72(t)(2)(A)(iv) prior to age 59 1/2;

(i)      for redemptions to satisfy required minimum distributions after age 70
         1/2 from an IRA account (with the maximum amount subject to this waiver
         being based only upon the shareholder's DWS Investments IRA accounts);
         and

(j)      in connection with the following redemptions of shares held by employer
         sponsored employee benefit plans maintained on the subaccount record
         keeping system made available through ADP under an alliance with DIDI
         and its affiliates: (1) to satisfy participant loan advances (note that
         loan repayments constitute new purchases for purposes of the CDSC and
         the conversion privilege), (2) in connection with retirement
         distributions (limited at any one time to 12% of the total value of
         plan assets invested in the Fund), (3) in connection with distributions
         qualifying under the hardship provisions of the Internal Revenue Code,
         (4) representing returns of excess contributions to such plans and (5)
         in connection with direct "roll over" distributions from a Flex Plan
         into a DWS Investments IRA under the Class A net asset value purchase
         privilege.

The Class C CDSC will be waived for the circumstances set forth in items (b),
(c), (d), (e) and (g) for Class A shares and for the circumstances set forth in
items (h) and (i) for Class B shares. In addition, this CDSC will be waived for:

(k)      redemption of shares by an employer sponsored employee benefit plan
         that offers funds in addition to DWS Funds and whose dealer of record
         has waived the advance of the first year administrative service and
         distribution fees applicable to such shares and agrees to receive such
         fees quarterly; and

(l)      redemption of shares purchased through a dealer-sponsored asset
         allocation program maintained on an omnibus record-keeping system
         provided the dealer of record had waived the advance of the first year
         administrative services and distribution fees applicable to such shares
         and has agreed to receive such fees quarterly.




In-kind Redemptions. The Fund reserves the right to honor any request for
redemption or repurchase by making payment in whole or in part in readily
marketable securities. These securities will be chosen by the Fund and valued as
they are for purposes of computing the Fund's net asset value. A shareholder may
incur transaction expenses in converting these securities to cash.

Exchanges

Shareholders may request a taxable exchange of their shares for shares of the
corresponding class of other DWS Funds without imposition of a sales charge,
subject to the provisions below. For purposes of calculating any CDSC, amounts
exchanged retain their original cost and purchase date.


Shares of money market funds that were acquired by purchase (not including
shares acquired by dividend reinvestment) are subject to the applicable sales
charge on exchange. Certain series of DWS Target Fund are available on exchange
only during the offering period for such series as described in the applicable
prospectus. Tax Free Money Fund -- Investment Class, NY Tax-Free Money Fund --
Investment Class, Money Market Fund -- Investment Class, Cash Management Fund
Institutional, Cash Reserves Fund Institutional, Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. Prime
Series, Tax-Exempt California Money Market Fund, Cash Account Trust and
Investors Cash Trust are available on exchange but only through a financial
services firm having a services agreement with DIDI. All exchanges among money
funds must meet applicable investor eligibility and investment requirements.
Exchanges may only be made for funds that are available for sale in the
shareholder's state of residence. Currently, Tax-Exempt California Money Market
Fund is available for sale only in California.





Shareholders must obtain prospectuses of the fund they are exchanging into from
dealers, other firms or DIDI.


Automatic Exchange Plan. The owner of $1,000 or more of any class of shares of a
DWS Fund may authorize the automatic exchange of a specified amount ($50
minimum) of such shares for shares of the same class of another such DWS Fund.
Exchanges will be made automatically until the shareholder or a Fund terminates
the privilege. Exchanges are subject to the terms and conditions described
above.

Multi-Class Conversions. For purposes of conversion to Class A shares, shares
purchased through the reinvestment of dividends and other distributions paid
with respect to Class B shares in a shareholder's Fund account will be converted
to Class A shares on a pro rata basis.

                                    DIVIDENDS


The Fund intends to follow the practice of distributing substantially all of its
investment company taxable income, which includes any excess of net realized
short-term capital gains over net realized long-term capital losses. The Fund
may follow the practice of distributing the entire excess of net realized
long-term capital gains over net realized short-term capital losses. However,
the Fund may retain all or part of such gain for reinvestment, after paying the
related federal taxes for which shareholders may then be able to claim a credit
against their federal tax liability. If the Fund does not distribute the amount
of capital gain and/or ordinary income required to be distributed by an excise
tax provision of the Code, the Fund may be subject to that excise tax. In
certain circumstances, the Fund may determine that it is in the interest of
shareholders to distribute less than the required amount.


The Fund intends to distribute dividends from its ordinary income excluding
short-term capital gains annually in December. The Fund intends to distribute
capital gain net income after utilization of capital loss carryforwards, if any,
in December to prevent application of a federal excise tax. An additional
distribution may be made, if necessary.

Any dividends or capital gains distributions declared in October, November or
December with a record date in such a month and paid during the following
January will be treated by shareholders for federal income tax purposes as if
received on December 31 of the calendar year declared and to have been paid by
the Fund not later than such December 31.

The level of income dividends per share (as a percentage of net asset value)
will be lower for Class B and Class C shares than for Class A shares primarily
as a result of the distribution services fee applicable to Class B and Class C
shares. Distributions of capital gains, if any, will be paid in the same amount
for each class.

Income and capital gain dividends, if any, of the Fund will be credited to
shareholder accounts in full and fractional shares of the same class of the Fund
at net asset value on the reinvestment date, except that, upon written request
to the Shareholder Service Agent, a shareholder may select one of the following
options:

1.       To receive income and short-term capital gain dividends in cash and
         long-term capital gain dividends in shares of the same class at net
         asset value; or

2.       To receive income and capital gain dividends in cash.

Dividends will be reinvested in shares of the same class of the Fund unless
shareholders indicate in writing that they wish to receive them in cash or in
shares of other DWS Fund with multiple classes of shares or DWS Fund as provided
in the prospectus. To use this privilege of investing dividends of the Fund in
shares of another DWS or DWS Fund, shareholders must maintain a minimum account
value of $1,000 in a Fund distributing the dividends. A Fund will reinvest
dividend checks (and future dividends) in shares of that same Fund and class if
checks are returned as undeliverable. Dividends and other distributions of the
Fund in the aggregate amount of $10 or less are automatically reinvested in
shares of the Fund unless the shareholder requests that such policy not be
applied to the shareholder's account.



If a shareholder has elected to reinvest any dividends and/or other
distributions, such distributions will be made in shares of that Fund and
confirmations will be mailed to each shareholder. If a shareholder has chosen to
receive cash, a check will be sent. Distributions of investment company taxable
income and net realized capital gains are taxable, whether made in shares or
cash.

Each distribution is accompanied by a brief explanation of the form and
character of the distribution. The characterization of distributions on such
correspondence may differ from the characterization for federal tax purposes. In
January of each year the Fund issues to each shareholder a statement of the
federal income tax status of all distributions in the prior calendar year.


The Fund may at any time vary its foregoing dividend practices and, therefore,
reserves the right from time to time to either distribute or retain for
reinvestment such of its net investment income and its net short-term and
long-term capital gains as its Board determines appropriate under the then
current circumstances. In particular, and without limiting the foregoing, a Fund
may make additional distributions of net investment income or capital gain net
income in order to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements contained in
the Code.


                                      TAXES


The following is intended to be a general summary of certain federal income tax
consequences of investing in the Fund. It is not intended as a complete
discussion of all such consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all
categories of investors. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their
tax advisors before making an investment in the Fund. The summary is based on
the laws in effect on the date of this SAI and existing judicial and
administrative interpretations thereof, all of which are subject to change,
possibly with retroactive effect.


Taxation of the Fund. The Fund has elected to be treated as a regulated
investment company under Subchapter M of the Code. The Fund intends to so
qualify in each taxable year as required under the Code in order to avoid
payment of federal income tax at the Fund level. In order to qualify as a
regulated investment company, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding
the source of its income, the diversification of its assets, and the
distribution of its income:


(a)      The Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends,
         interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and gains
         from the sale of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income
         (including but not limited to gains from options, futures, or forward
         contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such
         stock, securities, or currencies and net income derived from interests
         in "qualified publicly traded partnerships" (i.e., partnerships that
         are traded on an established securities market or tradable on a
         secondary market, other than partnerships that derive 90% of their
         income from interest, dividends, capital gains, and other traditionally
         permitted mutual fund income).

(b)      The Fund must diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each
         quarter of its taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the market value of
         the Fund's assets is represented by cash and cash items, US government
         securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and
         other securities limited in respect of any one issuer of such other
         securities to a value not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund's
         total assets and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting
         securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of
         its assets is invested in the securities (other than those of the US
         Government or other regulated investment companies) of any one issuer,
         any two or more issuers of which 20% or more of the voting securities
         are held by the Fund and which are engaged in the same, similar, or
         related trades or businesses or in the securities of one or more
         qualified publicly traded partnerships.


(c)      The Fund is required to distribute to its shareholders at least the sum
         of (i) 90% of its "investment company taxable income" (i.e., income
         other than its net realized long-term capital gain over its net
         realized short-term capital loss), plus or minus certain adjustments,
         and (ii) 90% of its net tax-exempt income for the taxable year. The
         Fund will be subject to income tax at regular corporation rates on any
         taxable income or gains that it does not distribute to its
         shareholders.


Rulings issued by the IRS limit the income derived from certain
commodities-linked swaps and futures to a maximum of 10% of the Fund's annual
gross income. The Fund has obtained private letter rulings from the IRS
confirming that the income and gain arising from certain types of
commodity-linked notes in which the Fund invests constitute "qualifying income"
under the Code. The Fund may be disqualified as a regulated investment company
if the Fund chooses not to qualify as a regulated investment company, or if the
IRS challenges the Fund's position and its challenge is upheld, or if the Fund
otherwise fails to qualify as a regulated investment company. If the Fund is
disqualified as a regulated investment company, then the Fund will be subject to
federal income tax on its ordinary taxable income and capital gain at regular
corporate rates (without a deduction for distributions to shareholders). When
distributed, that income will then be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary
dividend to the extent attributable to the Fund's earnings and profits.


If for any taxable year the Fund does not qualify for the special federal income
tax treatment afforded regulated investment companies, all of its taxable income
will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates (without any
deduction for distributions to its shareholders), and all distributions from
earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and
net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary
income. Such distributions will be eligible (i) to be treated as "qualified
dividend income," in the case of individual and other noncorporate shareholders,
subject to reduced rates of federal income taxation for taxable years beginning
before January 1, 2011 and (ii) for the 70% dividends received deduction in the
case of corporate shareholders. In addition, the Fund could be required to
recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest and make
substantial distributions before requalifying as a regulated investment company
that is accorded special tax treatment.

The Fund is subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on amounts required to be
but that are not distributed under a prescribed formula. The formula requires
payment to shareholders during a calendar year of distributions representing at
least 98% of the Fund's taxable ordinary income for the calendar year and at
least 98% of the excess of its capital gains over capital losses realized during
the one-year period ending October 31 (in most cases) of such year as well as
amounts that were neither distributed nor taxed to the Fund during the prior
calendar year. Although the Fund's distribution policies should enable it to
avoid excise tax liability, the Fund may retain (and be subject to income or
excise tax on) a portion of its capital gain or other income if it appears to be
in the interest of the Fund.

Taxation of US Shareholders

Fund Distributions. Distributions from the Fund generally will be taxable to
shareholders as ordinary income to the extent derived from investment income and
net short-term capital gains. Distributions of net capital gains (that is, the
excess of net gains from the sale of capital assets held more than one year over
net losses from the sale of capital assets held for not more than one year)
properly designated as capital gain dividends will be taxable to shareholders as
long-term capital gain, regardless of how long a shareholder has held the shares
in the Fund.


Long-term capital gain rates applicable to individuals have been temporarily
reduced -- in general, to 15% with a lower rate applying to taxpayers in the 10%
and 15% rate brackets -- for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. For
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the long-term capital gain
rate is scheduled to return to 20%.


For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, "qualified dividend income"
received by an individual will be taxed at the rates applicable to long-term
capital gain. Dividends subject to these special rules are not actually treated
as capital gains, however, and thus are not included in the computation of an
individuals' net capital gain and generally cannot be used to offset capital
losses. Qualified dividend income does not include interest from fixed-income
securities. In order for some portion of the dividends received by the Fund
shareholder to be qualified dividend income, the Fund must meet holding period
and other requirements with respect to some portion of the dividend-paying
stocks in its portfolio and the shareholder must meet holding period and other
requirements with respect to the Fund's shares. A dividend will not be treated
as qualified dividend income (at either the Fund or shareholder level) (1) if
the dividend is received with respect to any share of stock held for fewer than
61 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before
the date on which such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend
(or, in the case of certain preferred stock, 91 days during the 181-day period
beginning 90 days before such date), (2) to the extent that the recipient is
under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make
related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related
property, or (3) if the recipient elects to have the dividend income treated as
investment income for purposes of the limitation on deductibility of investment
interest. In order for a dividend paid by a foreign corporation to constitute
"qualified dividend income," the foreign corporation must (1) be eligible for
the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States (or the
stock on which the dividend is paid must be readily tradable on an established
securities market in the United States), and (2) not be treated as a passive
foreign investment company.

In general, distributions of investment income designated by a regulated
investment company as derived from qualified dividend income will be treated as
qualified dividend income by a shareholder taxed as an individual, provided the
shareholder meets the holding period and other requirements described above with
respect to the Fund's shares.

If the aggregate qualified dividends received by the Fund during any taxable
year are 95% or more of its gross income (excluding net long-term capital gain
over net short-term capital loss), then 100% of the Fund's dividends (other than
properly designated capital gain dividends) will be eligible to be treated as
qualified dividend income. For this purpose, the only gain included in the term
"gross income" is the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term
capital loss.

Capital gains distributions may be reduced if Fund capital loss carryforwards
are available. Any capital loss carryforwards and any post-October loss
deferrals to which the Fund is entitled are disclosed in the Fund's annual and
semi-annual reports to shareholders.

Distributions in excess of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and
profits will, as to each shareholder, be treated as a tax-free return of capital
to the extent of a shareholder's basis in his shares of the Fund, and as a
capital gain thereafter (if the shareholder holds his shares of the Fund as
capital assets). Distributions are taxable to shareholders even if they are paid
from income or gains by the Fund before a shareholder's investment (and thus may
have been included in the price the shareholder paid). Distributions are taxable
whether shareholders receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares
through the reinvestment privilege. A shareholder whose distributions are
reinvested in shares will be treated as having received a dividend equal to the
fair market value of the new shares issued to the shareholder.

All distributions by the Fund result in a reduction in the net asset value of
the Fund's shares. Should a distribution reduce the net asset value below a
shareholder's cost basis, such distribution would nevertheless be taxable to the
shareholder as ordinary income or capital gain as described above, even though,
from an investment standpoint, it may constitute a partial return of capital. In
particular, investors should be careful to consider the tax implications of
buying shares just prior to a distribution. The price of shares purchased at
that time includes the amount of the forthcoming distribution. Those purchasing
just prior to a distribution will receive a partial return of capital upon the
distribution, which will nevertheless be taxable to them.


Certain types of income received by the Fund from real estate investment rusts
("REITs"), real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs"), taxable mortgage
pools or other investments may cause the Fund to designate some or all of its
distributions as "excess inclusion income." To Fund shareholders such excess
inclusion income may (1) constitute taxable income as "unrelated business
taxable income" ("UBTI") for those shareholders who would otherwise be
tax-exempt such as individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, Keogh plans,
pension plans and certain charitable entities; (2) not be offset against net
operating losses for tax purposes; (3) not be eligible for reduced US
withholding for non-US shareholders even from tax treaty countries; and (4)
cause the Fund to be subject to tax if certain "disqualified organizations" as
defined by the Code are Fund shareholders.


Sale or Redemption of Shares. The sale, exchange or redemption of Fund shares
may give rise to a gain or loss. In general, any gain or loss realized upon a
taxable disposition of shares will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss
if the shares have been held for more than 12 months. Otherwise, the gain or
loss on the taxable disposition of Fund shares will be treated as short-term
capital gain or loss. However, any loss realized upon a taxable disposition of
shares held for six months or less will be treated as long-term, rather than
short-term, to the extent of any long-term capital gain distributions received
(or deemed received) by the shareholder with respect to the shares. All or a
portion of any loss realized upon a taxable disposition of Fund shares will be
disallowed if other substantially identical shares of the Fund are purchased
within 30 days before or after the disposition. In such a case, the basis of the
newly purchased shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.

Dividends Received Deduction. Dividends from domestic corporations may comprise
a substantial part of the Fund's gross income. If any such dividends constitute
a portion of the Fund's gross income, a portion of the income distributions of
the Fund may be eligible for the 70% deduction for dividends received by
corporations. Shareholders will be informed of the portion of dividends which so
qualify. The dividends-received deduction is reduced to the extent the shares of
the Fund with respect to which the dividends are received are treated as
debt-financed under federal income tax law and is eliminated if either those
shares or the shares of the Fund are deemed to have been held by the Fund or the
shareholder, as the case may be, for less than 46 days during the 91-day period
beginning 45 days before the shares become ex-dividend.

Foreign Taxation. Foreign withholding or other foreign taxes with respect to
income (possibly including, in some cases, capital gains) on certain foreign
securities may occur. These taxes may be reduced or eliminated under the terms
of an applicable US income tax treaty. If more than 50% of the Fund's total
assets at the close of its taxable year consists of stock or securities of
foreign corporations, the Fund may elect for US income tax purposes to treat
foreign income taxes paid by it as paid by its shareholders. The Fund may
qualify for and make this election in some, but not necessarily all, of its
taxable years. If the Fund were to make an election, shareholders of the Fund
would be required to take into account an amount equal to their pro rata
portions of such foreign taxes in computing their taxable income and then treat
an amount equal to those foreign taxes as a US federal income tax deduction or
as a foreign tax credit against their US federal income taxes. Shortly after any
year for which it makes such an election, the Fund will report to its
shareholders the amount per share of such foreign income tax that must be
included in each shareholder's gross income and the amount which will be
available for the deduction or credit. No deduction for foreign taxes may be
claimed by a shareholder who does not itemize deductions. Certain limitations
will be imposed on the extent to which the credit (but not the deduction) for
foreign taxes may be claimed.

Passive Foreign Investment Companies. Equity investments by the Fund in certain
"passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs") could potentially subject the
Fund to a US federal income tax (including interest charges) on distributions
received from the company or on proceeds received from the disposition of shares
in the company, which tax cannot be eliminated by making distributions to Fund
shareholders. However, the Fund may elect to avoid the imposition of that tax.
For example, the Fund may elect to treat a PFIC as a "qualified electing fund"
(a "QEF election"), in which case the Fund will be required to include its share
of the company's income and net capital gains annually, regardless of whether it
receives any distribution from the company. The Fund also may make an election
to mark the gains (and to a limited extent losses) in such holdings "to the
market" as though it had sold and repurchased its holdings in those PFICs on the
last day of the Fund's taxable year. Such gains and losses are treated as
ordinary income and loss. The QEF and mark-to-market elections may accelerate
the recognition of income (without the receipt of cash) and increase the amount
required to be distributed by the Fund to avoid taxation. Making either of these
elections therefore may require the Fund to liquidate other investments
(including when it is not advantageous to do so) to meet its distribution
requirement, which also may accelerate the recognition of gain and affect the
Fund's total return. Dividends paid by PFICs will not be eligible to be treated
as "qualified dividend income."

Tax Effects of Certain Transactions. The Fund's use of options, futures
contracts, forward contracts (to the extent permitted) and certain other
Strategic Transactions will be subject to special tax rules (including
mark-to-market, constructive sale, straddle, wash sale, short sale and other
rules), the effect of which may be to accelerate income, defer losses, cause
adjustments in the holding periods of portfolio securities, convert capital
gains into ordinary income and convert short-term capital losses into long-term
capital losses. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and
character of distributions to investors. These rules, among other things, (a)
will require the Fund to mark-to-market certain types of the positions in its
portfolio (i.e., treat them as if they were closed out at the end of each year)
and (b) may cause the Fund to recognize income without receiving cash with which
to pay dividends or make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy the
distribution requirements for avoiding income and excise taxes. The Fund will
monitor its transactions, will make the appropriate tax elections and will make
the appropriate entries in its books and records when it acquires any foreign
currency, forward contract, option, futures contract or hedged investment in
order to mitigate the effect of these rules and prevent disqualification of the
Fund as a regulated investment company.

The Fund's investment in so-called "section 1256 contracts," such as regulated
futures contracts, most foreign currency forward contracts traded in the
interbank market and options on most stock indices, are subject to special tax
rules. All section 1256 contracts held by the Fund at the end of its taxable
year are required to be marked to their market value, and any unrealized gain or
loss on those positions will be included in the Fund's income as if each
position had been sold for its fair market value at the end of the taxable year.
The resulting gain or loss will be combined with any gain or loss realized by
the Fund from positions in section 1256 contracts closed during the taxable
year. Provided such positions were held as capital assets and were not part of a
"hedging transaction" nor part of a "straddle," 60% of the resulting net gain or
loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and 40% of such net gain
or loss will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, regardless of the
period of time the positions were actually held by the Fund.

Transactions in foreign currencies, foreign investment currency-denominated debt
securities and certain foreign currency options, futures contracts, forward
contracts and similar instruments (to the extent permitted) may give rise to
ordinary income or loss to the extent such income or loss results from
fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency concerned.

Requirements related to the Fund's status as a regulated investment company may
limit the extent to which it will be able to engage in transactions in options,
futures contracts, forward contracts, swap agreements and certain structured
securities.

The Fund's investment in zero coupon bonds and other debt obligations having
original issue discount may cause the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess
of any cash received from the investment.


Under current law, the Fund serves to block UBTI from being realized by its
tax-exempt shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a tax-exempt shareholder
could realize UBTI by virtue of its investment in the Fund if either: (1) the
Fund invests in REITs that hold residual interests in REMICs; or (2) shares in
the Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt
shareholder within the meaning of Code Section 514(b). If a charitable remainder
trust (as defined in Code Section 664) realizes any UBTI for a taxable year, it
will be subject to an excise tax equal to 100% of such UBTI.


Swaps. As a result of entering into swap contracts, the Fund may make or receive
periodic net payments. The Fund may also make or receive a payment when a swap
is terminated prior to maturity through an assignment of the swap or other
closing transaction. Periodic net payments will constitute ordinary income or
deductions, while termination of a swap may result in capital gain or loss
(which may be a long-term capital gain or loss if the Fund has been a party to
the swap for more than one year).


Tax Treatment of Structured Notes. The status of commodity-linked notes under
tests to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code is not
certain. The Fund has obtained private letter rulings from the IRS confirming
that the income and gain arising from certain types of commodity-linked notes in
which the Fund invests constitute "qualifying income" under the Code. If the
commodity-linked instruments in which the Fund invests are not regarded as
producing qualifying income, then the Fund may fail to qualify as a regulated
investment company. If the Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment
company, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on its ordinary income
and capital gains at regular corporate rates (without a deduction for
distributions to shareholders) which will reduce net asset value per share. When
distributed, that income would also be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary
dividend to the extent attributable to the Fund's earnings and profits.

A ruling issued by the IRS limits the income derived from certain
commodity-linked futures and swaps to a maximum of 10% of the Fund's gross
income. The Fund has not invested in commodity-linked swaps and does not intend
to invest in them in the future.


Other Tax Considerations. Under the backup withholding provisions of the Code,
redemption proceeds as well as distributions may be subject to federal income
tax withholding for certain shareholders, including those who fail to furnish
the Fund with their taxpayer identification numbers and certifications as to
their tax status.

Shareholders of the Fund may be subject to state and local taxes on
distributions received from the Fund and on redemptions of the Fund's shares.

Special tax rules apply to investments through defined contribution plans and
other tax-qualified plans. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to
determine the suitability of shares of the Fund as an investment through such
plans and the precise effect of an investment on their particular tax situation.

If a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to the Fund's shares of $2
million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a
corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the Internal Revenue
Service a disclosure statement on Form 8886. The fact that a loss is reportable
under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the
taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their
tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of
their individual circumstances.

Non-US Shareholders

Distributions from the Fund paid to non-US shareholders are generally subject to
withholding tax at a 30% rate or a reduced rate specified by an applicable
income tax treaty to the extent derived from investment income and short-term
capital gains. In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding, a non-US
shareholder will be required to provide an IRS Form W-8BEN certifying its
entitlement to benefits under a treaty. The withholding tax does not apply to
regular dividends paid to a non-US shareholder who provides a Form W-8ECI,
certifying that the dividends are effectively connected with the non-US
shareholder's conduct of a trade or business within the United States. Instead,
the effectively connected dividends will be subject to regular US income tax as
if the non-US shareholder were a US shareholder. A non-US corporation receiving
effectively connected dividends may also be subject to additional "branch
profits tax" imposed at a rate of 30% (or a lower treaty rate).

In general, United States federal withholding tax will not apply to any gain or
income realized by a non-US shareholder in respect of any distributions of net
long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses, exempt-interest
dividends or upon the sale or other disposition of shares of the Fund.



The foregoing is only a summary of certain material federal income tax
consequences affecting the Fund and its shareholders. Prospective shareholders
are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax
consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.

                                 NET ASSET VALUE

The net asset value of shares of the Fund is computed as of the close of regular
trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange
is open for trading (the "Value Time"). The Exchange is scheduled to be closed
on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas, and on the preceding Friday or subsequent Monday
when one of these holidays falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively. Net
asset value per share is determined separately for each class of shares by
dividing the value of the total assets of the Fund attributable to the shares of
that class, less all liabilities attributable to that class, by the total number
of shares of that class outstanding. The per share net asset value may be lower
for certain classes of the Fund because of higher expenses borne by these
classes.

An equity security is valued at its most recent sale price on the security's
primary exchange or OTC market as of the Value Time. Lacking any sales, the
security is valued at the calculated mean between the most recent bid quotation
and the most recent asked quotation (the "Calculated Mean") on such exchange or
OTC market as of the Value Time. If it is not possible to determine the
Calculated Mean, the security is valued at the most recent bid quotation on such
exchange or OTC market as of the Value Time. In the case of certain foreign
exchanges or OTC markets, the closing price reported by the exchange or OTC
market (which may sometimes be referred to as the "official close" or the
"official closing price" or other similar term) will be considered the most
recent sale price.


Structured notes (i.e. commodity-linked or index-linked notes) are valued by the
counterparties as approved by the Board. The counterparties may use various
pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as related
underlying indices, commodities' prices, liquidity, quality, maturity and other
economic variables.

Any swap transaction that the Fund enters into may, depending on the applicable
interest rate environment, have a positive or negative value for purposes of
calculating net asset value. Any cap transaction that the Fund enters into may,
depending on the applicable interest rate environment, have no value or a
positive value. In addition, accrued payments to the Fund under such
transactions will be assets of the Fund and accrued payments by the Fund will be
liabilities of the Fund.

Debt securities are valued as follows. Money market instruments purchased with
an original or remaining maturity of 60 days or less, maturing at par, are
valued at amortized cost. Other money market instruments are valued based on
information obtained from an approved pricing agent or, if such information is
not readily available, by using matrix pricing techniques (formula driven
calculations based primarily on current market yields). Bank loans are valued at
prices supplied by an approved pricing agent (which are intended to reflect the
mean between the bid and asked prices), if available, and otherwise at the mean
of the most recent bid and asked quotations or evaluated prices, as applicable,
based on quotations or evaluated prices obtained from one or more
broker-dealers. Privately placed debt securities, other than Rule 144A debt
securities, initially are valued at cost and thereafter based on all relevant
factors including type of security, size of holding and restrictions on
disposition. Municipal debt securities are valued at prices supplied by an
approved pricing agent (which are intended to reflect the mean between the bid
and asked prices), if available, and otherwise at the mean of the most recent
bid and asked quotations or evaluated price obtained from a broker-dealer. Other
debt securities are valued at prices supplied by an approved pricing agent, if
available, and otherwise at the most recent bid quotation or evaluated price, as
applicable, obtained from one or more broker-dealers. If it is not possible to
value a particular debt security pursuant to the above methods, the security is
valued on the basis of factors including (but not limited to) maturity, coupon,
creditworthiness, currency denomination, and the movement of the market in which
the security is normally traded.

An exchange-traded option contract on securities, currencies and other financial
instruments is valued at its most recent sale price on the relevant exchange.
Lacking any sales, the option contract is valued at the Calculated Mean. If it
is not possible to determine the Calculated Mean, the option contract is valued
at the most recent bid quotation in the case of a purchased option contract or
the most recent asked quotation in the case of a written option contract, in
each case as of the Value Time. An option contract on securities, currencies and
other financial instruments traded in the OTC market is valued on the Value Date
at the evaluated price provided by the broker-dealer with which it was traded.
Futures contracts (and options thereon) are valued at the most recent settlement
price, if available on the exchange on which they are traded most extensively.
With the exception of stock index futures contracts which trade on the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, closing settlement times are prior to the close of trading
on the New York Stock Exchange. For stock index futures contracts which trade on
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, closing settlement prices are normally
available at approximately 4:20 Eastern time. If no settlement price is
available, the last traded price on such exchange will be used.


Investments in open-end investment companies and Cash Management QP Trust are
valued at their net asset value each business day.


If market quotations for portfolio assets are not readily available or the value
of a portfolio asset as determined in accordance with Board approved procedures
does not represent the fair market value of the portfolio asset, the value of
the portfolio asset is taken to be an amount which, in the opinion of the Fund's
Pricing Committee (or, in some cases, the Board's Valuation Committee),
represents fair market value. The value of other portfolio holdings owned by the
Fund is determined in a manner which is intended to fairly reflect the fair
market value of the asset on the valuation date, based on valuation procedures
adopted by the Fund's Board and overseen primarily by the Fund's Pricing
Committee (or, in some cases, the Board's Valuation Committee).

                              TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS


The following table presents certain information regarding the Board Members of
the Trust. Each Board Member's year of birth is set forth in parentheses after
his or her name. Unless otherwise noted, (i) each Board Member has engaged in
the principal occupation(s) noted in the table for at least the most recent five
years, although not necessarily in the same capacity, and (ii) the address of
each Board Member that is not an "interested person" (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the Trust or the Advisor (each, an "Independent Board Member") is c/o
Dawn-Marie Driscoll, PO Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33904. The term of office for
each Board Member is until the election and qualification of a successor, or
until such Board Member sooner dies, resigns, is removed or as otherwise
provided in the governing documents of the Trust. Because the Fund does not hold
an annual meeting of shareholders, each Board Member will hold office for an
indeterminate period. The Board Members may also serve in similar capacities
with other funds in the DWS fund complex.

Independent Board Members

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 Name, Year of Birth, Position                                                                   Number of Funds
 with the Trust and Length of     Business Experience and                                        in DWS Fund
 Time Served(1)                   Directorships During the Past 5 Years                          Complex Overseen
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<S>                                      <C>                                                              <C>
Dawn-Marie Driscoll (1946)        President, Driscoll Associates (consulting firm); Executive           133
Chairperson since 2004,(2) and    Fellow, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College;
Board Member since 1987           formerly: Partner, Palmer & Dodge (1988-1990); Vice President
                                  of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Filene's
                                  (1978-1988); Directorships: Trustee of 8 open-end mutual
                                  funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since 2007);
                                  Director of ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since 2007);
                                  Advisory Board, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College;
                                  Trustee, Southwest Florida Community Foundation (charitable
                                  organization); former Directorships: Investment Company
                                  Institute (audit, executive, nominating committees) and
                                  Independent Directors Council (governance, executive
                                  committees)
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Paul K. Freeman                   Consultant, World Bank/Inter-American Development Bank;               133
(1950)                            formerly: Project Leader, International Institute for Applied
Vice Chairperson since 2008, and  Systems Analysis (1998-2001); Chief Executive Officer, The
Board Member since 1993           Eric Group, Inc. (environmental insurance) (1986-1998)
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John W. Ballantine (1946)         Retired; formerly: Executive Vice President and Chief Risk            133
Board Member since 1999           Management Officer, First Chicago NBD Corporation/The First
                                  National Bank of Chicago (1996-1998); Executive Vice
                                  President and Head of International Banking (1995-1996);
                                  Directorships: Healthways Inc. (provider of disease and care
                                  management services); Portland General Electric (utility
                                  company); Stockwell Capital Investments PLC (private equity);
                                  former Directorships: First Oak Brook Bancshares, Inc. and
                                  Oak Brook Bank
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 Henry P. Becton, Jr. (1943)      Vice Chair, WGBH Educational Foundation; Directorships:               133
 Board Member since               Association of Public Television Stations; Becton Dickinson
 1990                             and Company(3) (medical technology company); Belo
                                  Corporation(3) (media company); Boston Museum of Science;
                                  Public Radio International; former Directorships: American
                                  Public Television; Concord Academy; New England Aquarium;
                                  Mass. Corporation for Educational Telecommunications;
                                  Committee for Economic Development; Public Broadcasting
                                  Service
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Keith R. Fox (1954)               Managing General Partner, Exeter Capital Partners (a series           133
Board Member since                of private equity funds); Directorships: Progressive Holding
1996                              Corporation (kitchen goods importer and distributor); Natural
                                  History, Inc. (magazine publisher); Box Top Media Inc.
                                  (advertising); The Kennel Shop (retailer)
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Kenneth C. Froewiss               Clinical Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business           133
(1945)                            (1997-present); Member, Finance Committee, Association for
Board Member since                Asian Studies (2002-present); Director, Mitsui Sumitomo
2001                              Insurance Group (US) (2004-present); prior thereto, Managing
                                  Director, J.P. Morgan (investment banking firm) (until 1996)
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Richard J. Herring                Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking and Professor,         133
(1946)                            Finance Department, The Wharton School, University of
Board Member since                Pennsylvania (since July 1972); Co-Director, Wharton
1990                              Financial Institutions Center (since July 2000); Director,
                                  Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Thai Capital
                                  Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Singapore Fund, Inc.
                                  (since September 2007); formerly: Vice Dean and Director,
                                  Wharton Undergraduate Division (July 1995-June 2000);
                                  Director, Lauder Institute of International Management
                                  Studies (July 2000-June 2006)
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William McClayton (1944)          Managing Director, Diamond Management & Technology                    133
Board Member since 2004           Consultants, Inc. (global management consulting firm)
                                  (2001-present); Directorship: Board of Managers, YMCA of
                                  Metropolitan Chicago; formerly: Senior Partner, Arthur
                                  Andersen LLP (accounting) (1966-2001); Trustee, Ravinia
                                  Festival
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Rebecca W. Rimel                  President and Chief Executive Officer, The Pew Charitable             133
(1951)                            Trusts (charitable organization) (1994 to present); Trustee,
Board Member since                Thomas Jefferson Foundation (charitable organization) (1994
1995                              to present); Trustee, Executive Committee, Philadelphia
                                  Chamber of Commerce (2001 to 2007); Trustee, Pro Publica
                                  (2007-present) (charitable organization); formerly: Executive
                                  Vice President, The Glenmede Trust Company (investment trust
                                  and wealth management) (1983 to 2004); Board Member, Investor
                                  Education (charitable organization) (2004-2005); Director,
                                  Viasys Health Care(3) (January 2007-June 2007)
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William N. Searcy, Jr.            Private investor since October 2003; Trustee of 8 open-end            133
(1946)                            mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since
Board Member since                October 1998); formerly: Pension & Savings Trust Officer,
1993                              Sprint Corporation(3) (telecommunications) (November
                                  1989-September 2003)
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Jean Gleason Stromberg            Retired; formerly: Consultant (1997-2001); Director, US               133
(1943)                            Government Accountability Office (1996-1997); Partner,
Board Member since                Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. (law firm) (1978-1996);
1997                              Directorships: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation;
                                  Service Source, Inc.; former Directorships: Mutual Fund
                                  Directors Forum (2002-2004), American Bar Retirement
                                  Association (funding vehicle for retirement plans) (1987-1990
                                  and 1994-1996)
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Robert H. Wadsworth (1940)        President, Robert H. Wadsworth & Associates, Inc. (consulting         136
Board Member since 1999           firm) (1983 to present); Director, The Phoenix Boys Choir
                                  Association
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Interested Board Member

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 Name, Year of Birth, Position                                                                   Number of Funds
 with the Trust and Length of     Business Experience and                                        in DWS Fund
 Time Served(1)                   Directorships During the Past 5 Years                          Complex Overseen
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 Axel Schwarzer(4)                Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management; Head of              133
 (1958)                           Deutsche Asset Management Americas; CEO of DWS Investments;
 Board Member since               formerly: board member of DWS Investments, Germany
 2006                             (1999-2005); Head of Sales and Product Management for the
                                  Retail and Private Banking Division of Deutsche Bank in
                                  Germany (1997-1999); various strategic and operational
                                  positions for Deutsche Bank Germany Retail and Private
                                  Banking Division in the field of investment funds, tax driven
                                  instruments and asset management for corporates (1989-1996)
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Officers(6)

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 Name, Year of Birth, Position
 with the Trust and Length of     Business Experience and
 Time Served(7)                   Directorships During the Past 5 Years
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 Michael G. Clark(8) (1965)       Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); President of
 President, 2006-present          DWS family of funds; Director, ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since
                                  October 2007); formerly: Director of Fund Board Relations (2004-2006) and
                                  Director of Product Development (2000-2004), Merrill Lynch Investment Managers;
                                  Senior Vice President Operations, Merrill Lynch Asset Management (1999-2000)
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 John Millette(9) (1962)          Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 Vice President and Secretary,
 1999-present
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 Paul H. Schubert(8) (1963)       Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since July 2004); formerly:
 Chief Financial Officer,         Executive Director, Head of Mutual Fund Services and Treasurer for UBS Family
 2004-present                     of Funds (1998-2004); Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund Finance at UBS
 Treasurer, 2005-present          Global Asset Management (1994-1998)
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 Patricia DeFilippis(10) (1963)   Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since June 2005); formerly: Counsel,
 Assistant Secretary,             New York Life Investment Management LLC (2003-2005); legal associate, Lord,
 2005-present                     Abbett & Co. LLC (1998-2003)
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 Elisa D. Metzger(10)  (1962)     Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since September 2005); formerly:
 Assistant Secretary,             Counsel, Morrison and Foerster LLP (1999-2005)
 2005-present
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 Caroline Pearson(9) (1962)       Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 Assistant Secretary,
 1997-present
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 Paul Antosca(9)                  Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); formerly: Vice President,
 (1957)                           The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) (1990-2006)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2007-present
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 Jack Clark (9)                   Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since 2007); formerly: Vice President,
 (1967)                           State Street Corporation (2002-2007)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2007-present
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 Kathleen Sullivan D'Eramo(9)     Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 (1957)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2003-present
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 Diane Kenneally(9)               Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 (1966)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2007-present
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 Jason Vazquez(10) (1972)         Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); formerly: AML
 Anti-Money Laundering            Operations Manager for Bear Stearns (2004-2006); Supervising Compliance
 Compliance Officer,              Principal and Operations Manager for AXA Financial (1999-2004)
 2007-present
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 Robert Kloby(10) (1962)          Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (2004-present); formerly: Chief
 Chief Compliance Officer,        Compliance Officer/Chief Risk Officer, Robeco USA (2000-2004); Vice President,
 2006-present                     The Prudential Insurance Company of America (1988-2000); E.F. Hutton and
                                  Company (1984-1988)
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 J. Christopher Jackson(10)       Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); formerly: Director,
 (1951)                           Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary, Hansberger
 Chief Legal Officer,             Global Investors, Inc. (1996-2006); Director, National Society of Compliance
 2006-present                     Professionals (2002-2005) (2006-2009)
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</TABLE>

(1)      The length of time served represents the year in which the Board Member
         joined the board of one or more DWS funds currently overseen by the
         Board.

(2)      Represents the year in which Ms. Driscoll was first appointed
         Chairperson of certain DWS funds.

(3)      A publicly held company with securities registered pursuant to Section
         12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(4)      The mailing address of Axel Schwarzer is c/o Deutsche Investment
         Management Americas Inc., 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
         Mr. Schwarzer is an interested Board Member by virtue of his positions
         with Deutsche Asset Management. As an interested person, Mr. Schwarzer
         receives no compensation from the Fund.

(5)      Executive title, not a board directorship.

(6)      As a result of their respective positions held with the Advisor, these
         individuals are considered "interested persons" of the Advisor within
         the meaning of the 1940 Act. Interested persons receive no compensation
         from the Fund.

(7)      The length of time served represents the year in which the officer was
         first elected in such capacity for one or more DWS funds.

(8)      Address:  345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.

(9)      Address: One Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.

(10)     Address:  280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

Certain officers hold similar positions for other investment companies for which
DIMA or an affiliate serves as the Advisor.

Officer's Role with Principal Underwriter:  DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.

 Paul H. Schubert:                         Vice President
 Caroline Pearson:                         Secretary

Board Members' Responsibilities. The officers of the Trust manage its day-to-day
operations under the direction of the Board. The primary responsibility of the
Board is to represent the interests of the Fund and to provide oversight of the
management of the Fund.

Board Committees. The Board has established the following standing committees:
Audit Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, Contract Committee, Equity
Oversight Committee, Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight Committee, Marketing and
Shareholder Services Committee, and Operations Committee. For each committee,
the Board has adopted a written charter setting forth each committee's
responsibilities. Each committee was reconstituted effective April 1, 2008.

Audit Committee: The Audit Committee, which consists entirely of Independent
Board Members, assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibility for oversight
of (1) the integrity of the financial statements, (2) the Fund's accounting and
financial reporting policies and procedures, (3) the Fund's compliance with
legal and regulatory requirements related to accounting and financial reporting
and (4) the qualifications, independence and performance of the independent
registered public accounting firm for the Fund. It also approves and recommends
to the Board the appointment, retention or termination of the independent
registered public accounting firm for the Fund, reviews the scope of audit and
internal controls, considers and reports to the Board on matters relating to the
Fund's accounting and financial reporting practices, and performs such other
tasks as the full Board deems necessary or appropriate. The Audit Committee
receives annual representations from the independent registered public
accounting firm as to its independence. The members of the Audit Committee are
William McClayton (Chair), Kenneth C. Froewiss (Vice Chair), John W. Ballantine,
Henry P. Becton, Jr., Keith R. Fox and William N. Searcy, Jr. During the
calendar year 2007, the Audit Committee of the Fund's Board held nine (9)
meetings.

Nominating and Governance Committee: The Nominating and Governance Committee,
which consists entirely of Independent Board Members, recommends individuals for
membership on the Board, nominates officers, Board and committee chairs, vice
chairs and committee members, and oversees the operations of the Board. The
Nominating and Governance Committee also reviews recommendations by shareholders
for candidates for Board positions. Shareholders may recommend candidates for
Board positions by forwarding their correspondence by US mail or courier service
to Dawn-Marie Driscoll, P.O. Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33904. The members of
the Nominating and Governance Committee are Henry P. Becton, Jr. (Chair),
Rebecca W. Rimel (Vice Chair), Paul K. Freeman and William McClayton. During the
calendar year 2007, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Fund's
Board performed similar functions and held three (3) meetings.

Contract Committee: The Contract Committee, which consists entirely of
Independent Board Members, reviews at least annually, (a) the Fund's financial
arrangements with DIMA and its affiliates, and (b) the Fund's expense ratios.
The members of the Contract Committee are Robert H. Wadsworth (Chair), Keith R.
Fox (Vice Chair), Henry P. Becton, Jr., Richard J. Herring, William McClayton
and Jean Gleason Stromberg.

Equity Oversight Committee: The Equity Oversight Committee reviews the
investment operations of those funds that primarily invest in equity securities
(except for those funds managed by a quantitative investment team). The members
of the Equity Oversight Committee are John W. Ballantine (Chair), William
McClayton (Vice Chair), Henry P. Becton, Jr., Keith R. Fox, Richard J. Herring
and Rebecca W. Rimel. During the calendar year 2007, the Equity Oversight
Committee of the Fund's Board performed similar functions and held six (6)
meetings.

Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight Committee: The Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight
Committee reviews the investment operations of those funds that primarily invest
in fixed-income securities or are managed by a quantitative investment team. The
members of the Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight Committee are William N. Searcy,
Jr. (Chair), Jean Gleason Stromberg (Vice Chair), Dawn-Marie Driscoll, Paul K.
Freeman, Kenneth C. Froewiss and Robert H. Wadsworth. During the calendar year
2007, the Fixed-Income Oversight Committee of the Fund's Board performed similar
functions and held six (6) meetings.

Marketing and Shareholder Services Committee: The Marketing and Shareholder
Services Committee reviews the Fund's marketing program, sales practices and
literature and shareholder services. The members of the Marketing and
Shareholder Services Committee are Richard J. Herring (Chair), Dawn-Marie
Driscoll (Vice Chair), Paul K. Freeman, Rebecca W. Rimel, Jean Gleason Stromberg
and Robert H. Wadsworth. During the calendar year 2007, the
Marketing/Distribution/Shareholder Service Committee of the Fund's Board
performed similar functions and held seven (7) meetings.

The Operations Committee: The Operations Committee reviews the administrative
operations, legal affairs and general compliance matters of the Fund. The
Operations Committee reviews administrative matters related to the operations of
the Fund, policies and procedures relating to portfolio transactions, custody
arrangements, fidelity bond and insurance arrangements, valuation of Fund assets
and securities and such other tasks as the full Board deems necessary or
appropriate. The Operations Committee also oversees the valuation of the Fund's
securities and other assets and determines, as needed, the fair value of Fund
securities or other assets under certain circumstances as described in the
Fund's Valuation Procedures. The Operations Committee has appointed a Valuation
Sub-Committee, which may make determinations of fair value required when the
Operations Committee is not in session. The members of the Operations Committee
are Paul K. Freeman (Chair), Dawn-Marie Driscoll (Vice Chair), John W.
Ballantine, Kenneth C. Froewiss, Rebecca W. Rimel and William N. Searcy, Jr. The
members of the Valuation Sub-Committee are Kenneth C. Froewiss (Chair), John W.
Ballantine, Dawn-Marie Driscoll (Alternate), Paul K. Freeman (Alternate),
Rebecca W. Rimel (Alternate) and William N. Searcy, Jr. (Alternate). During the
calendar year 2007, the Expenses/Operations Committee and Valuation Committee
performed similar functions and each held nine (9) meetings and six (6)
meetings, respectively.

Ad Hoc Committees. In addition to the standing committees described above, from
time to time the Board may also form ad hoc committees to consider specific
issues.

Remuneration. Each Independent Board Member receives compensation from the Fund
for his or her services, which includes retainer fees and specified amounts for
various committee services and for the Board Chairperson. No additional
compensation is paid to any Independent Board Member for travel time to
meetings, attendance at directors' educational seminars or conferences, service
on industry or association committees, participation as speakers at directors'
conferences or service on special fund industry director task forces or
subcommittees. Independent Board Members do not receive any employee benefits
such as pension or retirement benefits or health insurance from the Fund or any
fund in the DWS fund complex.

Board Members who are officers, directors, employees or stockholders of Deutsche
Asset Management or its affiliates receive no direct compensation from the Fund,
although they are compensated as employees of Deutsche Asset Management, or its
affiliates, and as a result may be deemed to participate in fees paid by the
Fund. The following tables show compensation from the Fund and aggregate
compensation from all of the funds in the DWS fund complex received by each
Independent Board Member during the calendar year 2007. Mr. Schwarzer is an
interested person of the Fund and received no compensation from the Fund or any
fund in the DWS fund complex during the relevant periods.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       Total Compensation
                                        Aggregate Compensation from DWS                  from Fund and
  Name of Board Member                     Commodity Securities Fund                   DWS Fund Complex(1)
  --------------------                     -------------------------                   -------------------
<S>                                                    <C>                                      <C>
  John W. Ballantine                                   $0                                       $215,000
  Henry P. Becton, Jr.(2)                             $642                                      $200,000
  Dawn-Marie Driscoll(2)((3))                         $804                                      $253,000
  Keith R. Fox((2))                                   $647                                      $203,000
  Paul K. Freeman(4)                                   $0                                       $265,000
  Kenneth C. Froewiss(2)                              $638                                      $200,000
  Richard J. Herring(2)                               $621                                      $195,000
  William McClayton(5)                                 $0                                       $205,000
  Rebecca W. Rimel(2)                                 $605                                      $194,000
  William N. Searcy, Jr.(2)                           $638                                      $200,000
  Jean Gleason Stromberg(2)                          $602                                      $189,000
  Robert H. Wadsworth                                  $0                                       $245,250
</TABLE>

(1)      The DWS fund complex is composed of 138 funds as of December 31, 2007.

(2)      Aggregate compensation includes amounts paid to the Board Members for
         special meetings of ad hoc committees of the Board in connection with
         the consolidation of the DWS fund boards and various funds, meetings
         for considering fund expense simplification initiatives, and
         consideration of issues specific to the Fund's direct shareholders
         (i.e., those shareholders who did not purchase shares through financial
         intermediaries). Such amounts totaled $1,000 for Mr. Becton, $1,000 for
         Ms. Driscoll, $1,000 for Mr. Fox, $1,000 for Mr. Froewiss, $1,000 for
         Dr. Herring, $5,000 for Ms. Rimel, $1,000 for Mr. Searcy and $1,000 for
         Ms. Stromberg. These meeting fees were borne by the Advisor.

(3)      Includes $50,000 in annual retainer fees received by Ms. Driscoll as
         Chairperson of certain DWS funds.

(4)      Includes $25,000 paid to Dr. Freeman for numerous special meetings of
         an ad hoc committee in connection with board consolidation initiatives
         and $50,000 in annual retainer fees received by Dr. Freeman as
         Chairperson of certain DWS funds.

(5)      Does not include $15,000 to be paid to Mr. McClayton in calendar year
         2008 for numerous special meetings of an ad hoc committee of the former
         Chicago Board in connection with board consolidation initiatives.

Dr. Freeman, prior to his service as Independent Board Member, served as a board
member of certain funds in the Deutsche Bank complex ("DB Funds"). In connection
with his resignation and the resignation of certain other board members of the
DB Funds on July 30, 2002 (the "Effective Date"), which was part of a
restructuring of the boards overseeing the DB Funds, Deutsche Asset Management,
Inc. ("DAMI") agreed to recommend, and, if necessary obtain, directors and
officers ("D&O") liability insurance coverage for the prior board members,
including Dr. Freeman, that is at least as equivalent in scope and amount to the
D&O coverage provided to the prior board members for the six-year period
following the Effective Date. In the event that D&O insurance coverage is not
available in the commercial marketplace on commercially reasonable terms from a
conventional third party insurer, DeAM reserved the right to provide
substantially equivalent protection in the form of an indemnity or financial
guarantee from an affiliate of DeAM. The D&O policy in effect prior to the
Effective Date provided aggregate coverage of $25,000,000, subject to a $250,000
per claim deductible.

Board Member Ownership in the Fund

The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities beneficially
owned by each Board Member in the Fund and DWS fund complex as of June 30, 2008.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     Aggregate Dollar Range of
                                             Dollar Range of Beneficial         Ownership in all Funds Overseen by
                                             Ownership in DWS Commodity                    Board Member
Board Member                                       Securities Fund                 in the DWS Fund Complex(1)
------------                                       ---------------                 --------------------------


Independent Board Member:
-------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>                                        <C>
John W. Ballantine                                      None                                  Over $100,000
Henry P. Becton, Jr.                                 $1-$10,000                               Over $100,000
Dawn-Marie Driscoll                                     None                                  Over $100,000
Keith R. Fox                                            None                                  Over $100,000
Paul K. Freeman                                         None                                  Over $100,000
Kenneth C. Froewiss                                     None                                  Over $100,000
Richard J. Herring                                      None                                  Over $100,000
William McClayton                                       None                                  Over $100,000
Rebecca W. Rimel                                        None                                  Over $100,000
William N. Searcy, Jr.                                  None                                  Over $100,000
Jean Gleason Stromberg                                  None                                  Over $100,000
Robert H. Wadsworth                                     None                                  Over $100,000

Interested Board Member:
------------------------

Axel Schwarzer                                          None                                  Over $100,000

(1)      Securities beneficially owned as defined under the 1934 Act include
         direct and/or indirect ownership of securities where the Board Member's
         economic interest is tied to the securities, employment ownership and
         securities when the Board Member can exert voting power, and when the
         Board Member has authority to sell the securities. The dollar ranges
         are: None, $1-$10,000, $10,001-$50,000, $50,001-$100,000 and over
         $100,000.

Ownership in Securities of the Advisor and Related Companies

As reported to the Fund, the information in the following table reflects
ownership by the Independent Board Members and their immediate family members of
certain securities as of December 31, 2007. Immediate family members can be a
spouse, children residing in the same household including step and adoptive
children, and any dependents. The securities represent ownership in the Advisor
or principal underwriter of the Fund and any persons (other than a registered
investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the Advisor or principal underwriter of the Fund (including
Deutsche Bank AG).

                                                                                   Value of        Percent of
                                   Owner and                                     Securities on     Class on an
Independent                     Relationship to                     Title of     an Aggregate       Aggregate
Board Member                      Board Member         Company        Class          Basis            Basis
------------                      ------------         -------        -----          -----            -----

John W. Ballantine                                      None
Henry P. Becton, Jr.                                    None
Dawn-Marie Driscoll                                     None
Keith R. Fox                                            None
Paul K. Freeman                                         None
Kenneth C. Froewiss                                     None
Richard J. Herring                                      None
William McClayton                                       None
Rebecca W. Rimel                                        None
William N. Searcy, Jr.                                  None
Jean Gleason Stromberg                                  None
Robert H. Wadsworth                                     None

Securities Beneficially Owned

As of September 8, 2008, the Board Members and officers of the Trust owned, as a
group, less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.

To the best of the Fund's knowledge, as of September 8, 2008, no person owned of
record or beneficially 5% or more of any class of the Fund's outstanding shares,
except as noted below.

DWS Commodity Securities Fund

Name and Address of Investor Ownership                          Shares                      % of Total Shares
--------------------------------------                          ------                      -----------------

MLPF&S FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF                               1,538,465.83                   9.38% of Class A
ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTN FUND ADM 9LNR4
JACKSONVILLE FL  32246-6484

LPL FINANCIAL                                                1,492,029.74                    9.1% of Class A
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPERATIONS
SAN DIEGO CA  92150-9046

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC                                  102,491.47                    8.37% of Class B
XXXXXXXXXX
ATTN PETER BOOTH 7TH FL
NEW YORK NY  10001-2402

MORGAN STANLEY & CO.                                           87,477.23                    7.14% of Class B
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA II 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ  07311

MLPF&S FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF                                429,605.57                    9.93% of Class C
ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTN FUND ADMINISTRATION
SEC #9LNR2
JACKSONVILLE FL  32246

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC                                  251,336.49                    5.81% of Class C
XXXXXXXXXX
ATTN PETER BOOTH 7TH FL
NEW YORK NY  10001-2402

MORGAN STANLEY & CO.                                          233,548.45                     5.4% of Class C
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA II 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ  07311

STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO CUST                            4,753,013.72             93.17% of Institutional Class
FBO DWS ALT ASSET ALLOC PLUS FUND
QUINCY MA  02171-2105

CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC                                       356,136.58                    19.78% of Class S
REINVEST ACCOUNT
SAN FRANCISCO CA  94104-4151

LPL FINANCIAL                                                  97,397.45                    5.41% of Class S
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPERATIONS
SAN DIEGO CA  92150-9046
</TABLE>





Agreement to Indemnify Independent Trustees for Certain Expenses

In connection with litigation or regulatory action related to possible improper
market timing or other improper trading activity or possible improper marketing
and sales activity in certain DWS Funds (the "Affected Funds"), DIMA has agreed
to indemnify and hold harmless the Affected Funds ("Fund Indemnification
Agreement") against any and all loss, damage, liability and expense, arising
from market timing or marketing and sales matters alleged in any enforcement
actions brought by governmental authorities involving or potentially affecting
the Affected Funds or DIMA ("Enforcement Actions") or that are the basis for
private actions brought by shareholders of the Affected Funds against the
Affected Funds, their directors and officers, DIMA and/or certain other parties
("Private Litigation"), or any proceedings or actions that may be threatened or
commenced in the future by any person (including governmental authorities),
arising from or similar to the matters alleged in the Enforcement Actions or
Private Litigation. In recognition of its undertaking to indemnify the Affected
Funds and in light of the rebuttable presumption generally afforded to
independent directors/trustees of investment companies that they have not
engaged in disabling conduct, DIMA has also agreed, subject to applicable law
and regulation, to indemnify certain (or, with respect to certain Affected
Funds, all) of the Independent Trustees of the Affected Funds, against certain
liabilities the Independent Trustees may incur from the matters alleged in any
Enforcement Actions or Private Litigation or arising from or similar to the
matters alleged in the Enforcement Actions or Private Litigation, and advance
expenses that may be incurred by the Independent Trustees in connection with any
Enforcement Actions or Private Litigation. DIMA is not, however, required to
provide indemnification and advancement of expenses: (1) with respect to any
proceeding or action which the Affected Funds' Board determines that the
Independent Trustees ultimately would not be entitled to indemnification or (2)
for any liability of the Independent Trustees to the Affected Funds or their
shareholders to which the Independent Trustee would otherwise be subject by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard
of the Independent Trustee's duties as a director or trustee of the Affected
Funds as determined in a final adjudication in such action or proceeding. The
estimated amount of any expenses that may be advanced to the Independent
Trustees or indemnity that may be payable under the indemnity agreements is
currently unknown. These agreements by DIMA will survive the termination of the
investment management agreements between DIMA and the Affected Funds.




                                FUND ORGANIZATION


The DWS Commodity Securities Fund is a non-diversified series of DWS
Institutional Funds. The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust and is governed
by an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated June 2, 2008, as may be
further amended from time to time (the "Declaration of Trust"). The Fund is a
separate series of the Trust. The Trust offers shares of beneficial interest of
separate series, par value $0.001 per share. The shares of the other series of
the Trust are offered through separate prospectuses and statements of additional
information. The shares of each series participate equally in the earnings,
dividends and assets of the particular series. The Trust may create and issue
additional series of shares. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to
divide or combine the shares into a greater or lesser number of shares without
thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interest in a series. Each share
represents an equal proportionate interest in a series with each other share.
Shares when issued are fully paid and non-assessable, except as set forth below.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each share held. No series of shares
has any preference over any other series.


The Trust is an entity commonly known as a "Massachusetts business trust."
Massachusetts law provides that shareholders could under certain circumstances
be held personally liable for the obligations of the Trust. However, the
Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of
the Trust and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each
agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by the Trust or a
Trustee. The Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification from the Trust's
property for all losses and expenses of any shareholder held personally liable
for the obligations of the Trust. Thus, the risk of shareholders incurring
financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances
in which both inadequate insurance existed and the Trust itself was unable to
meet its obligations, a possibility that the Trust believes is remote. Upon
payment of any liability incurred by the Trust, the shareholder paying the
liability will be entitled to reimbursement from the general assets of the
Trust. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Trust in a manner so
as to avoid, as far as possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders for
liabilities of the Trust.

The Trust is not required to hold annual meetings of shareholders but will hold
special meetings of shareholders when in the judgment of the Trustees it is
necessary or desirable to submit matters for a shareholder vote. Shareholders
have under certain circumstances the right to communicate with other
shareholders in connection with requesting a meeting of shareholders for the
purpose of removing one or more Trustees without a meeting. When matters are
submitted for shareholder vote, shareholders of the Fund will have one vote for
each full share held and proportionate, fractional votes for fractional shares
held. A separate vote of the Fund is required on any matter affecting the Fund
on which shareholders are entitled to vote. Shareholders generally vote by Fund,
except with respect to the election of Trustees and the ratification of the
selection of independent auditors. Shareholders of the Fund are not entitled to
vote on Trust matters that do not affect the Fund. There normally will be no
meetings of shareholders for the purpose of electing Trustees unless and until
such time as less than a majority of Trustees holding office have been elected
by shareholders, at which time the Trustees then in office will call a
shareholders' meeting for the election of Trustees. Any Trustee may be removed
from office upon the vote of shareholders holding at least two-thirds of the
Trust's outstanding shares at a meeting called for that purpose. The Trustees
are required to call such a meeting upon the written request of shareholders
holding at least 10% of the Trust's outstanding shares.

Shares of the Trust do not have cumulative voting rights, which means that
holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Trustees can
elect all Trustees. Shares are transferable but have no preemptive, conversion
or subscription rights. Upon liquidation of the Fund, shareholders of the Fund
would be entitled to share pro rata in the net assets of the Fund available for
distribution to shareholders.

                             PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES

The Fund has delegated proxy voting responsibilities to its investment advisor,
subject to the Board's general oversight. The Fund has delegated proxy voting to
the Advisor with the direction that proxies should be voted consistent with the
Fund's best economic interests. The Advisor has adopted its own Proxy Voting
Policies and Procedures ("Policies"), and Proxy Voting Guidelines ("Guidelines")
for this purpose. The Policies address, among other things, conflicts of
interest that may arise between the interests of the Fund, and the interests of
the Advisor and its affiliates, including the Fund's principal underwriter. The
Guidelines set forth the Advisor's general position on various proposals, such
as:

o        Shareholder Rights -- The Advisor generally votes against proposals
         that restrict shareholder rights.

o        Corporate Governance -- The Advisor generally votes for confidential
         and cumulative voting and against supermajority voting requirements for
         charter and bylaw amendments. The Advisory generally votes for
         proposals to restrict a chief executive officer from serving on more
         than three outside boards of directors. The Advisor generally votes
         against proposals that require a company to appoint a Chairman who is
         an independent director.

o        Anti-Takeover Matters -- The Advisor generally votes for proposals that
         require shareholder ratification of poison pills or that request boards
         to redeem poison pills, and votes against the adoption of poison pills
         if they are submitted for shareholder ratification. The Advisor
         generally votes for fair price proposals.

o        Compensation Matters -- The Advisor generally votes for executive cash
         compensation proposals, unless they are unreasonably excessive. The
         Advisor generally votes against stock option plans that do not meet the
         Advisor's criteria.

o        Routine Matters -- The Advisor generally votes for the ratification of
         auditors, procedural matters related to the annual meeting and changes
         in company name, and against bundled proposals and adjournment.

The general provisions described above do not apply to investment companies. The
Advisor generally votes proxies solicited by investment companies in accordance
with the recommendations of an independent third party, except for proxies
solicited by or with respect to investment companies for which the Advisor or an
affiliate serves as investment advisor or principal underwriter ("affiliated
investment companies"). The Advisor votes affiliated investment company proxies
in the same proportion as the vote of the investment company's other
shareholders (sometimes called "mirror" or "echo" voting). Master fund proxies
solicited from feeder funds are voted in accordance with applicable requirements
of the 1940 Act.

Although the Guidelines set forth the Advisor's general voting positions on
various proposals, the Advisor may, consistent with the Fund's best interests,
determine under some circumstances to vote contrary to those positions.

The Guidelines on a particular issue may or may not reflect the view of
individual members of the Board or of a majority of the Board. In addition, the
Guidelines may reflect a voting position that differs from the actual practices
of the public companies within the Deutsche Bank organization or of the
investment companies for which the Advisor or an affiliate serves as investment
advisor or sponsor.

The Advisor may consider the views of a portfolio company's management in
deciding how to vote a proxy or in establishing general voting positions for the
Guidelines, but management's views are not determinative.

As mentioned above, the Policies describe the way in which the Advisor resolves
conflicts of interest. To resolve conflicts, the advisor, under normal
circumstances, votes proxies in accordance with its Guidelines. If the Advisor
departs from the Guidelines with respect to a particular proxy or if the
Guidelines do not specifically address a certain proxy proposal, a proxy voting
committee established by the advisor will vote the proxy. Before voting any such
proxy, however, the Advisor's conflicts review committee will conduct an
investigation to determine whether any potential conflicts of interest exist in
connection with the particular proxy proposal. If the conflicts review committee
determines that the Advisor has a material conflict of interest, or certain
individuals on the proxy voting committee should be recused from participating
in a particular proxy vote, it will inform the proxy voting committee. If
notified that the Advisor has a material conflict, or fewer than three voting
members are eligible to participate in the proxy vote, typically the Advisor
will engage an independent third party to vote the proxy or follow the proxy
voting recommendations of an independent third party.

Under certain circumstances, the Advisor may not be able to vote proxies or the
Advisor may find that the expected economic costs from voting outweigh the
benefits associated with voting. For example, the Advisor may not vote proxies
on certain foreign securities due to local restrictions or customs. The Advisor
generally does not vote proxies on securities subject to share blocking
restrictions.


You may obtain information about how a Fund voted proxies related to its
portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 by visiting the
Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov or by visiting our
Web site at:
www.dws-investments.com (click on "proxy voting" at the bottom of the page).


                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


The financial statements, including the portfolio of investments of the Fund,
together with the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,
Financial Highlights and notes to financial statements in the Annual Report to
Shareholders dated June 30, 2008 for the Fund are incorporated herein by
reference and are hereby deemed to be a part of this SAI.


                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The CUSIP numbers for each class of DWS Commodity Securities Fund are:

Class A:  23339C503

Class B:  23339C602

Class C:  23339C701

Institutional Class: 23339C404

DWS Commodity Securities Fund has a fiscal year ending June 30.

Many of the investment changes in the Fund will be made at prices different from
those prevailing at the time they may be reflected in a regular report to
shareholders of the Fund. These transactions will reflect investment decisions
made by the Advisor in light of the Fund's investment objective and policies,
its other portfolio holdings and tax considerations, and should not be construed
as recommendations for similar action by other investors.


The Fund's prospectuses and this SAI omit certain information contained in the
Registration Statement and its amendments which the Fund has filed with the SEC
under the Securities Act of 1933 and reference is hereby made to the
Registration Statement for further information with respect to the Fund and the
securities offered hereby. The Registration Statement and its amendments are
available for inspection by the public at the offices of the SEC in Washington,
D.C.


                                    APPENDIX

RATINGS OF INVESTMENTS

Description of certain ratings assigned by S&P and Moody's:

S&P Long-Term

"AAA" -- An obligation rated "AAA" has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The
obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is
extremely strong.

"AA" -- An obligation rated "AA" differs from the highest rated obligations only
in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation is very strong.

"A" -- An obligation rated "A" is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse
effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in
higher rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation is still strong.

"BBB" -- An obligation rated "BBB" exhibits adequate protection parameters.
However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely
to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment
on the obligation.

"BB," "B," "CCC," "CC," and "C" -- Obligations rated "BB," "B," "CCC," "CC," and
"C" are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. "BB"
indicates the least degree of speculation and "C" the highest. While such
obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these
may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse
conditions.

"BB" -- An obligation rated "BB" is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other
speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to
adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the
obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation.

"B" -- An obligation rated "B" is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations
rated "BB," but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic
conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation.

"CCC" -- An obligation rated "CCC" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is
dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the
obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of
adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely
to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

"CC" -- An obligation rated "CC" is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

"C" -- A subordinated debt or preferred stock obligation rated "C" is currently
highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The "C" rating may be used to cover a situation
where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken, but payments
on this obligation are being continued. A "C" also will be assigned to a
preferred stock issue in arrears on dividends or sinking fund payments, but that
is currently paying.

"D" -- An obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating category is
used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the
applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that such payments
will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be used upon the
filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on
an obligation are jeopardized.

"r" -- The symbol "r" is attached to the ratings of instruments with significant
noncredit risks. It highlights risks to principal or volatility of expected
returns which are not addressed in the credit rating. Examples include:
obligations linked or indexed to equities, currencies, or commodities;
obligations exposed to severe prepayment risk -- such as interest-only or
principal-only mortgage securities; and obligations with unusually risky
interest terms, such as inverse floaters.

"N.R." -- The designation "N.R." indicates that no rating has been requested,
that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that S&P
does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.

Note: The ratings from "AA" to "CCC" may be modified by the addition of a plus
(+) or minus (--) sign designation to show relative standing within the major
rating categories.

Short-Term

"A-1" -- A short-term obligation rated "A-1" is rated in the highest category by
S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation
is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are given a plus sign (+)
designation. This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial
commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

"A-2" -- A short-term obligation rated "A-2" is somewhat more susceptible to the
adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than
obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet
its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

"A-3" -- A short-term obligation rated "A-3" exhibits adequate protection
parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are
more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation.

"B" -- A short-term obligation rated "B" is regarded as having significant
speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation; however, it faces major ongoing
uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet is
financial commitment on the obligation.

"C" -- A short-term obligation rated "C" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment
and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for
the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

"D" -- A short-term obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating
category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due
even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that
such payments will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be
used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action
if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

Note: Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification from "Aa" through "Caa". The modifier 1 indicates that the
obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier
2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the
lower end of that generic rating category.

Preferred Stock

Because of the fundamental differences between preferred stocks and bonds,
Moody's employs a variation of our familiar bond rating symbols in the quality
ranking of preferred stock.

These symbols, presented below, are designed to avoid comparison with bond
quality in absolute terms. It should always be borne in mind that preferred
stock occupies a junior position to bonds within a particular capital structure
and that these securities are rated within the universe of preferred stocks.

"aaa" -- An issue rated "aaa" is considered to be a top-quality preferred stock.
This rating indicates good asset protection and the least risk of dividend
impairment within the universe of preferred stocks.

"aa" -- An issue rated "aa" is considered a high-grade preferred stock. This
rating indicates that there is a reasonable assurance the earnings and asset
protection will remain relatively well maintained in the foreseeable future.

"a" -- An issue rated "a" is considered to be an upper-medium-grade preferred
stock. While risks are judged to be somewhat greater than in the "aaa" and "aa"
classifications, earnings and asset protection are, nevertheless, expected to be
maintained at adequate levels.

"baa" -- An issue rated "baa" is considered to be a medium-grade preferred
stock, neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Earnings and asset
protection appear adequate at present, but may be questionable over any great
length of time.

"ba" -- An issue rated "ba" is considered to have speculative elements. Its
future cannot be considered well assured. Earnings and asset protection may be
very moderate and not well safeguarded during adverse periods. Uncertainty of
position characterizes preferred stocks in this class.

"b" -- An issue rated "b" generally lacks the characteristics of a desirable
investment. Assurance of dividend payments and maintenance of other terms of the
issue over any long period of time may be small.

"caa" -- An issue rated "caa" is likely to be in arrears on dividend payments.
This rating designation does not purport to indicate the future status of
payments.

"ca" -- An issue rated "ca" is speculative in a high degree and is likely to be
in arrears on dividends with little likelihood of eventual payments.

"c" -- This is the lowest-rated class of preferred or preference stock. Issues
so rated can thus be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever
attaining any real investment standing.

Note: As in the case of bond ratings, Moody's applies to preferred stock ratings
the numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in rating classifications "aa" through "b".
The modifier 1 indicates that the security ranks in the higher end of its
generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the
modifier 3 indicates that the issue ranks in the lower end of its generic rating
category.

Prime Rating System (Short-Term)

Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for
repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will
often be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:

o        Leading market positions in well-established industries. o High rates
         of return on funds employed.

o        Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt
         and ample asset protection.

o        Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high
         internal cash generation.

o        Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured
         sources of alternate liquidity.

Issuers rated Prime-2 (or supporting institutions) have a strong ability for
repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This will normally be evidenced
by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings
trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation.
Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by
external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated Prime-3 (or supporting institutions) have an acceptable ability
for repayment of senior short-term obligations. The effect of industry
characteristics and market compositions may be more pronounced. Variability in
earnings and profitability may result in changes in the level of debt protection
measurements and may require relatively high financial leverage. Adequate
alternate liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.

Description of S&P commercial paper ratings: Commercial paper rated A-1 by S&P
indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is either
overwhelming or very strong. Those issues determined to possess overwhelming
safety characteristics are denoted A-1+.

Description of Moody's commercial paper ratings: The rating Prime-1 is the
highest commercial paper rating assigned by Moody's. Issuers rated Prime-1 (or
related supporting institutions) are considered to have a superior capacity for
repayment of short-term promissory obligations.

Description of Fitch commercial paper ratings: F1+--Exceptionally Strong Credit
Quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having the strongest degree
of assurance for timely payment.
F1--Very Strong Credit Quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance
of timely payment only slightly less in degree than the strongest issue.

Statement Of Differences

The dagger symbol shall be expressed as "D."

Characters normally expressed as superscript shall be preceded by "pp."

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                             DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
                          DWS Commodity Securities Fund
                                 Class S Shares








                       STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                                 October 1, 2008

This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus and should
be read in conjunction with the Class S prospectus dated October 1, 2008, as
amended from time to time, for DWS Commodity Securities Fund (the "Fund"), a
series of DWS Institutional Funds (the "Trust"), a copy of which may be obtained
without charge by contacting DWS Investments Distributors, Inc., 222 South
Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 1-800-621-1148, or from the firm from
which this SAI was obtained and are available along with other materials on the
Securities and Exchange Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

The Annual Report to Shareholders, dated June 30, 2008, is incorporated herein
by reference and is deemed to be part of this SAI. A copy of the Fund's Annual
Report, when issued, may be obtained without charge by calling the Fund at the
toll-free number 1-800-728-3337.

This SAI is incorporated by reference into the prospectus.




                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.......................................................1

INVESTMENT POLICIES AND TECHNIQUES............................................2

   Other Investments and Investment Practices.................................21
   Portfolio Holdings Information.............................................31

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND........................................................33

   Investment Advisor.........................................................33
   Compensation of Portfolio Managers.........................................35

FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS........................................................46

   Administrator..............................................................46
   Distributor................................................................47
   Custodian..................................................................48
   Transfer Agent.............................................................48
   Fund Accounting Agent......................................................49
   Legal Counsel..............................................................49
   Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm..............................49

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS........................................................50

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER............................................................54

PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES.............................................54

DIVIDENDS.....................................................................71

TAXES.........................................................................72

NET ASSET VALUE...............................................................77

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS.........................................................79

FUND ORGANIZATION.............................................................98

PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES.......................................................99

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.........................................................100

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.......................................................100

APPENDIX.....................................................................102




                             INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS


Except as otherwise indicated, the Fund's investment objective and policies are
not fundamental and may be changed without a vote of shareholders. There can be
no assurance that the Fund's objective will be met.

The Fund has elected to be classified as a non-diversified series of an open-end
investment management company. A non-diversified fund may invest a greater
proportion of its assets in the obligations of a small number of issuers, and
may be subject to greater risk and substantial losses as a result of changes in
the financial condition or the market's assessment of the issuers. While not
limited by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") as to
the proportion of its assets that it may invest in obligations of a single
issuer, the Fund will comply with the diversification requirements imposed by
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") for qualification as a regulated
investment company.





As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund may not:




1.       borrow money, except as permitted under the 1940 Act, and as
         interpreted or modified by regulatory authority having jurisdiction,
         from time to time;

2.       issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act and as
         interpreted or modified by regulatory authority having jurisdiction,
         from time to time;

3.       engage in business of underwriting securities issued by others, except
         to the extent that the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter in
         connection with the disposition of portfolio securities;

4.       purchase or sell real estate, which term does not include securities of
         companies which deal in real estate or mortgages or investments secured
         by real estate or interests therein, except that the Fund reserves
         freedom of action to hold and to sell real estate acquired as a result
         of the Fund's ownership of securities;

5.       may not make loans except as permitted under the 1940 Act, as amended,
         and as interpreted or modified by regulatory authority having
         jurisdiction, from time to time;

6.       may not purchase or sell commodities, except as permitted by the 1940
         Act, as amended, and as interpreted or modified by the regulatory
         authority having jurisdiction, from time to time; or

7.       concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as the term is
         used in the 1940 Act, and as interpreted or modified by regulatory
         authority having jurisdiction from time to time, except
         commodity-related industries.


A fundamental policy may not be changed without the approval of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities of the Fund which, under the 1940 Act and the
rules thereunder and as used in this SAI, means the lesser of (1) 67% or more of
the voting securities present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of
the outstanding voting securities of the Fund are present or represented by
proxy, or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.


There will be no violation of any investment restrictions or policies (except
with respect to fundamental investment restriction (1) above) if that
restriction is complied with at the time the relevant action is taken,
notwithstanding a later change in the market value of an investment, in net or
total assets, or in the change of securities rating of the investment, or any
other later change.


As a matter of non-fundamental policy, the Fund may not:

(1)      acquire securities of registered open-end investment companies or
         registered unit investment trusts in reliance on Sections 12(d)(1)(F)
         or 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act.

(2)      lend portfolio securities in an amount greater than 33 1/3% of its
         total assets.

                       INVESTMENT POLICIES AND TECHNIQUES

Investment Techniques. Descriptions in this SAI of a particular investment
practice or technique in which the Fund may engage are meant to describe the
spectrum of investments that Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.
("DIMA" or the "Advisor") in its discretion might, but is not required to, use
in managing the Fund's portfolio assets. The Advisor may in its discretion at
any time employ such practice, technique or instrument for one or more funds but
not for all funds advised by it. Furthermore, it is possible that certain types
of financial instruments or investment techniques described herein may not be
available, permissible, economically feasible or effective for their intended
purposes in all markets. Certain practices, techniques or instruments may not be
principal activities of the Fund, but, to the extent employed, could from time
to time have a material impact on the Fund's performance.




The Fund's investment objective is capital appreciation.




Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets,
plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity and commodity-linked
securities of companies in commodity-related industries or other issuers where
the value of the investment is linked to changes in commodity prices or a
commodity-related index, such as commodity-linked structured notes. The Fund's
advisor, DIMA, considers a company to be in a commodity-related industry if, as
determined by DIMA, at least 50% of the company's assets, revenues or net income
are derived from or related to a commodity-related industry.

The Advisor may determine, based on various factors, including changes in supply
and demand for a certain commodity or commodities, broad economic projections or
expectations of better relative value than investing in direct equity
securities, to invest between 25% and 75% of the Fund's assets in securities
linked to physical commodities or an index or portion of an index of physical
commodities, i.e., commodity-linked structured notes, as well as options and
futures contracts related to physical commodities or commodities indexes. These
options and futures contracts may be intended as a hedge against a decline in
the value of portfolio investments or to achieve returns consistent with those
anticipated to be earned from investments in other commodity-related
investments.




Fundamental, valuation-driven equity research is the Advisor's primary source of
value-added, and stock selection is the Advisor's primary performance driver.
The Advisor begins with an actionable top-down view on the underlying
commodities, and based on its company-specific knowledge, chooses the stocks
expected to perform best in that environment. The Advisor's top-down analysis
also assists with switching among early- and late-cycle companies and country
allocation. Allocation among the energy and materials sectors and any industry
group within the sectors is an added performance driver.

To enable the Fund to achieve its investment objective through commodity,
economic and investment cycles, the Fund's equity returns are augmented by
reinforcing the Advisor's commodity views via exposure to commodity-linked
structured notes. The Fund may also anticipate future investments in equities by
investing in options and futures contracts.

The Advisor may focus on the securities of particular issuers or industries
within the commodity-related industries in which the Fund invests, or in
particular countries or regions, at different times. The Advisor will normally
sell a stock when it believes that its price is unlikely to go higher, its
fundamentals have deteriorated, other investments offer better opportunities or
in the course of adjusting its emphasis on a given commodity-related industry.

The following is a discussion of the various investments of and techniques
employed by the Fund.


Unless otherwise indicated, the Fund is permitted, but not obligated, to engage
in the following investment strategies, subject to any percentage limitations
set forth below. As a matter of non-fundamental operating policy, the Fund may
also be subject to additional restrictions.

The Fund is not obligated to pursue any of the following strategies and does not
represent that these techniques are available now or will be available at any
time in the future.

Asset Segregation. Certain investment transactions expose the Fund to an
obligation to make future payments to third parties. Examples of these types of
transactions, include, but are not limited to, reverse repurchase agreements,
short sales, dollar rolls, when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment
transactions and certain derivatives such as swaps, futures, forwards, and
options. To the extent that the Fund engages in such transactions, the Fund will
(to the extent required by applicable law) either (1) segregate cash or liquid
assets in the prescribed amount or (2) otherwise "cover" its future obligations
under the transaction, such as by holding an offsetting investment. If the Fund
segregates sufficient cash or other liquid assets or otherwise "covers" its
obligations under such transactions, the Fund will not consider the transactions
to be borrowings for purposes of its investment restrictions or "senior
securities" under the 1940 Act, and therefore, such transactions will not be
subject to the 300% asset coverage requirement under the 1940 Act otherwise
applicable to borrowings by the Fund.

In some cases (e.g., with respect to futures and forwards that are contractually
required to "cash-settle"), the Fund will segregate cash or other liquid assets
with respect to the amount of the daily net (marked-to-market) obligation
arising from the transaction, rather than the notional amount of the underlying
contract. By segregating assets in an amount equal to the net obligation rather
than the notional amount, the Fund will have the ability to employ leverage to a
greater extent than if it set aside cash or other liquid assets equal to the
notional amount of the contract, which may increase the risk associated with
such transactions.

The Fund may utilize methods of segregating assets or otherwise "covering"
transactions that are currently or in the future permitted under the 1940 Act,
the rules and regulation thereunder, or orders issued by the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") thereunder. For these purposes, interpretations and
guidance provided by the SEC staff may be taken into account when deemed
appropriate by the Fund.

Assets used as segregation or cover cannot be sold while the position in the
corresponding transaction is open, unless they are replaced with other
appropriate assets. As a result, the commitment of a large portion of a Fund's
assets for segregation and cover purposes could impede portfolio management or
the Fund's ability to meet redemption requests or other current obligations.

Segregating assets or otherwise "covering" for these purposes does not
necessarily limit the percentage of the assets of the Fund that may be at risk
with respect to certain derivative transactions.


Equity Securities

General. The Fund may invest in equity securities listed on any domestic or
non-US securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market as well as
certain restricted or unlisted securities. As used herein, "equity securities"
include common stock, preferred stock, trust or limited partnership interests,
rights and warrants (to subscribe to or purchase such securities) and
convertible securities (consisting of preferred stock that may be converted into
common stock or that carry the right to purchase common stock).

Common Stocks. Common stocks, the most familiar type of equity securities,
represent an equity (i.e., ownership) interest in a corporation. They may or may
not pay dividends or carry voting rights. Common stock occupies the most junior
position in a company's capital structure. Although equity securities have a
history of long-term growth in value, their prices fluctuate based on changes in
a company's financial condition, as well as changes in overall market and
economic conditions. This affects the value of the shares of the Fund, and thus
the value of your investment. Smaller companies are especially sensitive to
these factors.

Warrants. The Fund may invest in warrants. Warrants are securities that give the
holder the right but not the obligation to buy a specified number of shares of
common stock at a specified price, which is often higher than the market price
at the time of issuance, for a specified period (or in perpetuity). Warrants may
be issued in units with other securities or separately, and may be freely
transferable and traded on exchanges. Investing in warrants can provide a
greater potential for profit or loss than an equivalent investment in the
underlying security, and, thus is a speculative investment. At the time of
issue, the cost of a warrant is substantially less than the cost of the
underlying security itself, and price movements in the underlying security are
generally magnified in the price movements of the warrant. This leveraging
effect enables the investor to gain exposure to the underlying security with a
relatively low capital investment. This leveraging increases an investor's risk,
however, in the event of a decline in the value of the underlying security and
can result in a complete loss of the amount invested in the warrant.

While the market value of a warrant tends to be more volatile than that of the
securities underlying the warrant, changes in the market value of a warrant may
not necessarily correlate with that of the underlying security. A warrant ceases
to have value if it is not exercised prior to the expiration date, if any, to
which the warrant is subject. The purchase of warrants involves a risk that the
Fund could lose the purchase value of a warrant if the right to subscribe to
additional shares is not exercised prior to the warrant's expiration. Also, the
purchase of warrants involves the risk that the effective price paid for the
warrant added to the subscription price of the related security may exceed the
value of the subscribed security's market price such as when there is no
movement in the level of the underlying security. The value of a warrant may
decline because of a decline in the value of the underlying security, the
passage of time, changes in interest rates or in the dividend or other policies
of the company whose equity underlies the warrant or a change in the perception
as to the future price of the underlying security, or any combination thereof.
Also, warrants do not entitle the holder to dividends or voting rights with
respect to the underlying securities and do not represent any rights in the
assets of the issuing company.

Preferred Stock. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in preferred
stock. Preferred stock has a preference (i.e., ranks higher) in liquidation (and
generally dividends) over common stock but is subordinated (i.e., ranks lower)
in liquidation to fixed income securities. Dividends on preferred stock may be
cumulative, and in such cases, all cumulative dividends usually must be paid
prior to dividend payments to common stockholders. Because of this preference,
preferred stocks generally entail less risk than common stocks. As a general
rule the market value of preferred stocks with fixed dividend rates and no
conversion rights moves inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk,
with the price determined by the dividend rate. Some preferred stocks are
convertible into other securities (e.g., common stock) at a fixed price and
ratio or upon the occurrence of certain events. The market price of convertible
preferred stocks generally reflects an element of conversion value. Because many
preferred stocks lack a fixed maturity date, these securities generally
fluctuate substantially in value when interest rates change; such fluctuations
often exceed those of long-term bonds of the same issuer. Some preferred stocks
pay an adjustable dividend that may be based on an index, formula, auction
procedure or other dividend rate reset mechanism. In the absence of credit
deterioration, adjustable rate preferred stocks tend to have more stable market
values than fixed rate preferred stocks.

All preferred stocks are also subject to the same types of credit risks as
corporate bonds. In addition, because preferred stock is subordinate to debt
securities and other obligations of an issuer, deterioration in the credit
rating of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred
stock than in a more senior debt security with similar yield characteristics.
Preferred stocks may be rated by the Standard & Poor's Division of the
McGraw-Hill Companies ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's")
although there is no minimum rating which a preferred stock must have to be an
eligible investment for the Fund. Generally, however, the preferred stocks in
which the Fund invests will be rated at least CCC by S&P or Caa by Moody's or,
if unrated, of comparable quality in the opinion of the Advisor. Preferred
stocks rated CCC by S&P are regarded as predominantly speculative with respect
to the issuer's capacity to pay preferred stock obligations and represent the
highest degree of speculation among securities rated between BB and CCC;
preferred stocks rated Caa by Moody's are likely to be in arrears on dividend
payments. Moody's rating with respect to preferred stocks does not purport to
indicate the future status of payments of dividends.

Convertible Securities. The Fund may invest in convertible securities. A
convertible security is a bond or preferred stock which may be converted at a
stated price within a specific period of time into a specified number of shares
of common stock of the same or different issuer. Convertible securities are
senior to common stock in a corporation's capital structure, but are generally
subordinate to non-convertible debt securities. While providing a fixed income
stream, generally higher in yield than the income derived from a common stock
but lower in yield than that afforded by a non-convertible debt security, a
convertible security also affords an investor the opportunity, through its
conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation of common stock
into which it is convertible.

The terms of any convertible security determine its ranking in a company's
capital structure. In the case of subordinated convertible debentures, the
holders' claims on assets and earnings are subordinated to the claims of other
creditors, and are senior to the claims of preferred and common shareholders. In
the case of convertible preferred stock, the holders' claims on assets and
earnings are subordinated to the claims of all creditors and are senior to the
claims of common shareholders.

In general, the market value of a convertible security is the greater of its
investment value (its value as a fixed income security) or its conversion value
(the value of the underlying shares of common stock if the security is
converted). As a fixed income security, the market value of a convertible
security generally increases when interest rates decline and generally decreases
when interest rates rise; however, the price of a convertible security generally
increases as the market value of the underlying stock increases, and generally
decreases as the market value of the underlying stock declines. Investments in
convertible securities generally entail less risk than investments in the common
stock of the same issuer.

Money Market Instruments

Short-Term Instruments. The Fund intends to stay invested in equity securities
to the extent practical in light of its objective and long-term investment
perspective. However, the Fund may invest in short-term instruments with
remaining maturities of 397 days or less or in money market mutual funds: to
meet anticipated redemptions and expenses; for day-to-day operating purposes;
and when the Fund experiences large cash inflows through the sale of securities.
When the Fund experiences large cash inflows, for example, through the sale of
securities and attractive investments are unavailable in sufficient quantities,
the Fund may hold short-term instruments (or shares of money market mutual
funds) for a limited time pending availability of such investments. In addition,
when in the Advisor's opinion, it is advisable to adopt a temporary defensive
position because of unusual and adverse market or other conditions, up to 100%
of the Fund's assets may be invested in such short-term instruments.

Short-term instruments consist of foreign and domestic: (1) short-term
obligations of sovereign governments, their agencies, instrumentalities,
authorities or political subdivisions; (2) other short-term debt securities
rated AA or higher by S&P or Aa or higher by Moody's or, if unrated, are deemed
to be of comparable quality in the opinion of the Advisor; (3) commercial paper;
(4) bank obligations, including negotiable certificates of deposit, time
deposits and banker's acceptances; and (5) repurchase agreements. At the time
the Fund invests in commercial paper, bank obligations or repurchase agreements,
the issuer or the issuer's parent must have outstanding debt rated AA or higher
by S&P or Aa or higher by Moody's; outstanding commercial paper or bank
obligations rated A-1 by S&P or Prime-1 by Moody's; or, if no such ratings are
available, the instrument must be deemed to be of comparable quality in the
opinion of the Advisor. These instruments may be denominated in US dollars or in
foreign currencies.

Other US government securities the Fund may invest in include (but are not
limited to) securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal Housing
Administration, Farmers Home Loan Administration, Export-Import Bank of the US,
Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, Central Bank for
Cooperatives, Federal Farm Credit Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks,
Federal Land Banks, Maritime Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority,
District of Columbia Armory Board and Student Loan Marketing Association.
Because the US government is not obligated by law to provide support to an
instrumentality it sponsors, the Fund will invest in obligations issued by such
an instrumentality only if the Advisor determines that the credit risk with
respect to the instrumentality does not make its securities unsuitable for
investment by the Fund.

Obligations of Banks and Other Financial Institutions. The Fund may invest in US
dollar-denominated fixed rate or variable rate obligations of US or foreign
financial institutions, including banks, which are rated in the highest
short-term rating category by any two nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations ("NRSROs") (or one NRSRO if that NRSRO is the only such NRSRO
which rates such obligations) or, if not so rated, are believed by the Advisor,
acting under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, to be of
comparable quality. Obligations of domestic and foreign financial institutions
in which the Fund may invest include (but are not limited to) certificates of
deposit, bankers' acceptances, bank time deposits, commercial paper, and other
US dollar-denominated instruments issued or supported by the credit of US or
foreign financial institutions, including banks.

For purposes of the Fund's investment policies with respect to bank obligations,
the assets of a bank will be deemed to include the assets of its domestic and
foreign branches. Obligations of foreign branches of US banks and foreign banks
may be general obligations of the parent bank in addition to the issuing bank or
may be limited by the terms of a specific obligation and by government
regulation. If the Advisor, acting under the supervision of the Board of
Trustees, deems the instruments to present minimal credit risk, the Fund may
invest in obligations of foreign banks or foreign branches of US banks which
include banks located in the United Kingdom, Grand Cayman Island, Nassau, Japan
and Canada. Investments in these obligations may entail risks that are different
from those of investments in obligations of US domestic banks because of
differences in political, regulatory and economic systems and conditions. These
risks include future political and economic developments, currency blockage, the
possible imposition of withholding taxes on interest payments, possible seizure
or nationalization of foreign deposits, difficulty or inability of pursuing
legal remedies and obtaining judgments in foreign courts, possible establishment
of exchange controls or the adoption of other foreign governmental restrictions
that might affect adversely the payment of principal and interest on bank
obligations. Foreign branches of US banks and foreign banks may also be subject
to less stringent reserve requirements and to different accounting, auditing,
reporting and record keeping standards that those applicable to domestic
branches of US banks.

Certificates of Deposit and Bankers' Acceptances. The Fund may invest in
certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances. Certificates of deposit are
receipts issued by a depository institution in exchange for the deposit of
funds. The issuer agrees to pay the amount deposited plus interest to the bearer
of the receipt on the date specified on the certificate. The certificate usually
can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity.

Bankers' acceptances typically arise from short-term credit arrangements
designed to enable businesses to obtain funds to finance commercial
transactions. Generally, an acceptance is a time draft drawn on a bank by an
exporter or an importer to obtain a stated amount of funds to pay for specific
merchandise. The draft is then "accepted" by a bank that, in effect,
unconditionally guarantees to pay the face value of the instrument on its
maturity date. The acceptance may then be held by the accepting bank as an
earning asset or it may be sold in the secondary market at the going rate of
discount for a specific maturity. Although maturities for acceptances can be as
long as 270 days, most acceptances have maturities of six months or less.

Commercial Paper. The Fund may invest in commercial paper. The Fund may invest
in fixed rate or variable rate commercial paper, issued by US or foreign
entities. Commercial paper consists of short-term (usually from 1 to 270 days)
unsecured promissory notes issued by US or foreign corporations in order to
finance their current operations. Any commercial paper issued by a foreign
entity corporation and purchased by the Fund must be US dollar-denominated and
must not be subject to foreign withholding tax at the time of purchase.

Commercial paper when purchased by the Fund must be rated in the highest
short-term rating category by any two NRSROs (or one NRSRO if that NRSRO is the
only such NRSRO which rates such security) or, if not so rated, must be believed
by the Advisor, acting under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the
Fund, to be of comparable quality. Investing in foreign commercial paper
generally involves risks similar to those described above relating to
obligations of foreign banks or foreign branches and subsidiaries of US and
foreign banks.

The Fund may also invest in variable rate master demand notes. A variable rate
master demand note (which is a type of commercial paper) represents a direct
borrowing arrangement involving periodically fluctuating rates of interest under
a letter agreement between a commercial paper issuer and an institutional lender
pursuant to which the lender may determine to invest varying amounts.

For a description of commercial paper ratings, see the Appendix to this SAI.

US Government Securities. The Fund may invest in obligations issued or
guaranteed by the US government which include: (1) direct obligations of the US
Treasury and (2) obligations issued by US government agencies and
instrumentalities. Included among direct obligations of the US government are
Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes and Treasury Bonds, which differ in terms of
their interest rates, maturities and dates of issuance. Treasury Bills have
maturities of less than one year, Treasury Notes have maturities of one to 10
years and Treasury Bonds generally have maturities of greater than 10 years at
the date of issuance. Included among the obligations issued by agencies and
instrumentalities of the US government are: instruments that are supported by
the full faith and credit of the US government (such as certificates issued by
the Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA" or "Ginnie Mae"));
instruments that are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the US
Treasury (such as securities of Federal Home Loan Banks); and instruments that
are supported by the credit of the instrumentality (such as Federal National
Mortgage Association ("FNMA" or "Fannie Mae") and Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation ("FHLMC" or "Freddie Mac")).

Commodity-Linked Derivative Instruments


The Fund intends to invest in commodity-linked derivative instruments, in
particular in structured notes. The value of a commodity-linked derivative
instrument typically is based on the price movements of a physical commodity, a
commodity futures contract or commodity index, or some other readily measurable
economic variable dependent upon changes in the value of commodities or the
commodities markets. The Fund invests in commodity-linked derivative investments
that are hybrid instruments excluded from regulation under the Commodity
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder. The Fund may invest up to 40% of its
total assets in qualifying hybrid instruments. Additionally, from time to time
the Fund may invest in other hybrid instruments that do not qualify for
exemption from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act.


The Fund will invest in derivative debt instruments with principal and/or coupon
payments linked to the value of commodities, commodity futures contracts, or the
performance of commodity indices. These are "commodity-linked" or "index-linked"
notes. They are sometimes referred to as "structured notes" because the terms of
the debt instrument may be structured by the issuer of the note and the
purchaser of the note, such as the Fund. These notes may be issued by banks,
brokerage firms, insurance companies and other corporations.

The values of these notes will rise and fall in response to changes in the
underlying commodity or related index or investment. These notes expose the Fund
economically to movements in commodity prices, but a particular note is
primarily a debt obligation. These notes also are subject to credit and interest
rate risks that in general affect the value of debt securities. Therefore, at
the maturity of the note, the Fund may receive more or less principal than it
originally invested. The Fund might receive interest payments on the note that
are more or less than the stated coupon interest rate payments. To try to reduce
this risk, the Fund does not expect to invest more than 40% of its total assets
in structured notes under whose terms the potential loss, either at redemption
or maturity, exceeds 50% of the face value of the notes. That amount is
calculated at the time of investment.

The structured notes the Fund enters into are expected to involve leverage,
meaning that the value of the instrument will be calculated as a multiple of the
upward or downward price movement of the underlying index. The prices of
commodity-linked instruments may move in different directions than investments
in traditional equity and debt securities in periods of rising inflation. Of
course, there can be no guarantee that the Fund's commodity-linked investments
would not be correlated with traditional financial assets under any particular
market conditions.

Commodity-linked structured notes may be issued by US and foreign banks,
brokerage firms, insurance companies and other corporations. These notes are
debt securities of the issuer and so, in addition to fluctuating in response to
changes in the underlying commodity index, will be subject to credit and
interest rate risks that typically affect debt securities.

The commodity-linked instruments the Fund invests in may be wholly principal
protected, partially principal protected or offer no principal protection. With
a wholly principal protected instrument, the Fund will receive at maturity the
greater of the par value of the note or the increase in value of the underlying
index. Partially protected instruments may suffer some loss of principal up to a
specified limit if the underlying index declines in value during the term of the
instrument. For instruments without principal protection, there is a risk that
the instrument could lose all of its value if the index declines sufficiently.
The Advisor's decision on whether and to what extent to use principal protection
depends in part on the cost of the protection. In addition, the ability of the
Fund to take advantage of any protection feature depends on the creditworthiness
of the issuer of the instrument.

Although the Fund itself will not be leveraged, some of the commodity-linked
instruments the Fund may hold will involve leverage. The Fund will not invest in
an instrument if, at the time of purchase, (1) that instrument's "leverage
ratio" exceeds 300% of the price increase (or decrease) in the underlying index
or (2) the Fund's "portfolio leverage ratio" exceeds 150%. What this means is
that for an instrument with a "leverage factor" of 300%, a 1% gain (or loss) in
the underlying index would result in a 3% gain (or loss) in the value of the
instrument. "Portfolio leverage ratio" is defined as the average (mean) leverage
ratio of all instruments in the Fund's portfolio, weighted by the market values
of such instruments or, in the case of futures contracts, their notional value.

Derivative strategies and the writing of uncovered (or so-called "naked")
options are speculative and may hurt the Fund's performance. The Fund may
attempt to hedge its investments in order to mitigate risk, but it is not
required to do so. The benefits to be derived from the Fund's derivatives and
options strategy are dependent upon the Advisor's ability to discern pricing
inefficiencies and predict trends in the commodities and other markets, which
decisions could prove to be inaccurate. This requires different skills and
techniques than predicting changes in the price of individual stocks or
fixed-income securities, and there can be no assurance that the use of this
strategy will be successful.

Strategic Transactions

The Fund may, but is not required to, use various strategic transactions
described below to seek to facilitate portfolio management and mitigate risks.
Such strategic transactions are regularly used by many mutual funds and other
institutional investors. Although the Advisor seeks to use these kinds of
transactions to further the Fund's investment objective, no assurance can be
given that they will achieve this result.

The Fund expects to invest in options, swaps and futures contracts, and may
engage in foreign currency transactions, including foreign currency forward
contracts and other strategic transactions, currency futures contracts, currency
swaps or options on currency or currency futures or credit transactions and
credit default swaps in connection with its investments in securities of foreign
commodity-related industries. Although not intended to be a significant element
in the Fund's investment strategy, from time to time the Fund may use various
other investment management techniques that also involve certain risks and
special considerations, including engaging in interest rate transactions and
short sales. The Fund has not invested in commodity-linked swaps in the past and
does not intend to invest in them in the future.

Collectively, all of the above are referred to as "Strategic Transactions." The
Fund generally seeks to use Strategic Transactions as a portfolio management or
hedging technique to protect against possible adverse changes in the market
value of securities held in or to be purchased for the Fund's portfolio, protect
the value of the Fund's portfolio, facilitate the sale of certain securities for
investment purposes, manage the effective interest rate exposure of the Fund, or
protect against changes in currency exchange rates. In addition, Strategic
Transactions may also include new techniques, instruments or strategies that are
permitted as regulatory changes occur. Strategic Transactions may be used
without limit (subject to certain limits imposed by the 1940 Act) to attempt to
protect against possible changes in the market value of securities held in or to
be purchased for the Fund's portfolio resulting from securities markets or
currency exchange rate fluctuations, to protect the Fund's unrealized gains in
the value of its portfolio securities, to facilitate the sale of such securities
for investment purposes, to manage the effective maturity or duration of the
Fund's portfolio, or to establish a position in the derivatives markets in
anticipation of, or as a substitute for, purchasing or selling particular
securities.


Any or all of these investment techniques may be used at any time and in any
combination, and there is no particular strategy that dictates the use of one
technique rather than another, as use of any Strategic Transaction is a function
of numerous variables including market conditions. The ability of the Fund to
utilize these Strategic Transactions successfully will depend on the Advisor's
ability to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The Fund
will comply with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing these
strategies, techniques and instruments. Strategic Transactions will not be used
to alter fundamental investment purposes and characteristics of the Fund.

General Characteristics of Options. Put options and call options typically have
similar structural characteristics and operational mechanics regardless of the
underlying instrument on which they are purchased or sold. Thus, the following
general discussion relates to each of the particular types of options discussed
in greater detail below. In addition, many Strategic Transactions involving
options require segregation of fund assets in special accounts, as described
above under "Asset Segregation."


A put option gives the purchaser of the option, upon payment of a premium, the
right to sell, and the writer the obligation to buy, the underlying security,
commodity, index, currency or other instrument at the exercise price. For
instance, the Fund's purchase of a put option on a security might be designed to
protect its holdings in the underlying instrument (or, in some cases, a similar
instrument) against a substantial decline in the market value by giving the Fund
the right to sell such instrument at the option exercise price. A call option,
upon payment of a premium, gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy,
and the seller the obligation to sell, the underlying instrument at the exercise
price. The Fund's purchase of a call option on a security, financial future,
index, currency or other instrument might be intended to protect the Fund
against an increase in the price of the underlying instrument that it intends to
purchase in the future by fixing the price at which it may purchase such
instrument. An American style put or call option may be exercised at any time
during the option period while a European style put or call option may be
exercised only upon expiration or during a fixed period prior thereto. The Fund
is authorized to purchase and sell exchange listed options and over-the-counter
options ("OTC options"). Exchange listed options are issued by a regulated
intermediary such as the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), which guarantees
the performance of the obligations of the parties to such options. The
discussion below uses the OCC as an example, but is also applicable to other
financial intermediaries.

With certain exceptions, OCC-issued and exchange listed options generally settle
by physical delivery of the underlying security or currency, although in the
future cash settlement may become available. Index options and Eurodollar
instruments are cash settled for the net amount, if any, by which the option is
"in-the-money" (i.e., where the value of the underlying instrument exceeds, in
the case of a call option, or is less than, in the case of a put option, the
exercise price of the option) at the time the option is exercised. Frequently,
rather than taking or making delivery of the underlying instrument through the
process of exercising the option, listed options are closed by entering into
offsetting purchase or sale transactions that do not result in ownership of the
new option.

The Fund's ability to close out its position as a purchaser or seller of an
OCC-issued or exchange listed put or call option is dependent, in part, upon the
liquidity of the option market. Among the possible reasons for the absence of a
liquid option market on an exchange are: (i) insufficient trading interest in
certain options; (ii) restrictions on transactions imposed by an exchange; (iii)
trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions imposed with respect to
particular classes or series of options or underlying securities including
reaching daily price limits; (iv) interruption of the normal operations of the
OCC or an exchange; (v) inadequacy of the facilities of an exchange or OCC to
handle current trading volume; or (vi) a decision by one or more exchanges to
discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options),
in which event the relevant market for that option on that exchange would cease
to exist, although outstanding options on that exchange would generally continue
to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.

The hours of trading for listed options may not coincide with the hours during
which the underlying financial instruments are traded. To the extent that the
option markets close before the markets for the underlying financial
instruments, significant price and rate movements can take place in the
underlying markets that cannot be reflected in the option markets.


OTC options are purchased from or sold to securities dealers, financial
institutions or other parties ("Counterparties") through direct bilateral
agreement with the Counterparty. In contrast to exchange listed options, which
generally have standardized terms and performance mechanics, all the terms of an
OTC option, including such terms as method of settlement, term, exercise price,
premium, guarantees and security, are set by negotiation of the parties. The
Fund expects generally to enter into OTC options that have cash settlement
provisions, although it is not required to do so.


Unless the parties provide for it, there is no central clearing or guaranty
function in an OTC option. As a result, if the Counterparty fails to make or
take delivery of the security, currency or other instrument underlying an OTC
option it has entered into with the Fund or fails to make a cash settlement
payment due in accordance with the terms of that option, the Fund will lose any
premium it paid for the option as well as any anticipated benefit of the
transaction. Accordingly, the Advisor must assess the creditworthiness of each
such Counterparty or any guarantor or credit enhancement of the Counterparty's
credit to determine the likelihood that the terms of the OTC option will be
satisfied. The Fund will engage in OTC option transactions only with US
government securities dealers recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
as "primary dealers" or broker-dealers, domestic or foreign banks or other
financial institutions which have received (or the guarantors of the obligation
of which have received) a short-term credit rating of A-1 from S&P or P-1 from
Moody's or an equivalent rating from any other NRSRO or, in the case of OTC
currency transactions, are determined to be of equivalent credit quality by the
Advisor. The staff of the SEC currently takes the position that OTC options
purchased by the Fund, and portfolio securities "covering" the amount of the
Fund's obligation pursuant to an OTC option sold by it (the cost of the
sell-back plus the in-the-money amount, if any) are illiquid, and are subject to
the Fund's limitation on investing no more than 15% of its net assets in
illiquid securities.

If the Fund sells a call option, the premium that it receives may serve as a
partial hedge, to the extent of the option premium, against a decrease in the
value of the underlying securities or instruments in its portfolio or will
increase the Fund's income. The sale of put options can also provide income.


The Fund may purchase and sell call options on securities including US Treasury
and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, foreign sovereign debt,
corporate debt securities, equity securities (including convertible securities)
and Eurodollar instruments that are traded on US and foreign securities
exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets, and on securities indices,
currencies and futures contracts. All calls sold by the Fund must be "covered"
(i.e., the Fund must own the securities or futures contract subject to the call)
or must meet the requirements described above as long as the call is
outstanding. Even though the Fund will receive the option premium to help
protect it against loss, a call sold by the Fund exposes the Fund during the
term of the option to possible loss of opportunity to realize appreciation in
the market price of the underlying security or instrument and may require the
Fund to hold a security or instrument which it might otherwise have sold.


The Fund may purchase and sell put options on securities including US Treasury
and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, foreign sovereign debt,
corporate debt securities, equity securities (including convertible securities)
and Eurodollar instruments (whether or not it holds the above securities in its
portfolio), and on securities indices, currencies and futures contracts other
than futures on individual corporate debt and individual equity securities. The
Fund will not sell put options if, as a result, more than 50% of the Fund's
total assets would be required to be segregated to cover its potential
obligations under such put options other than those with respect to futures and
options thereon. In selling put options, there is a risk that the Fund may be
required to buy the underlying security at a disadvantageous price above the
market price.

General Characteristics of Futures. The Fund may enter into futures contracts or
purchase or sell put and call options on such futures as a hedge against
anticipated interest rate, currency or equity market changes, and for duration
management, risk management and return enhancement purposes. Futures are
generally bought and sold on the commodities exchanges where they are listed
with payment of initial and variation margin as described below. The sale of a
futures contract creates a firm obligation by the Fund, as seller, to deliver to
the buyer the specific type of financial instrument called for in the contract
at a specific future time for a specified price (or, with respect to index
futures and Eurodollar instruments, the net cash amount). Options on futures
contracts are similar to options on securities except that an option on a
futures contract gives the purchaser the right in return for the premium paid to
assume a position in a futures contract and obligates the seller to deliver such
position.


The Fund has claimed exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool
operator" under the Commodity Exchange Act pursuant to regulations of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Therefore, the Fund is not subject to
commodity pool operator registration and regulation under the Commodity Exchange
Act. Futures and options on futures may be entered into for bona fide hedging,
risk management (including duration management) or other portfolio and return
enhancement management purposes to the extent consistent with the exclusion from
commodity pool operator registration. Typically, maintaining a futures contract
or selling an option thereon requires the Fund to deposit with a financial
intermediary as security for its obligations an amount of cash or other
specified assets (initial margin) which initially is typically 1% to 10% of the
face amount of the contract (but may be higher in some circumstances).
Additional cash or assets (variation margin) may be required to be deposited
thereafter on a daily basis as the marked to market value of the contract
fluctuates. The purchase of an option on financial futures involves payment of a
premium for the option without any further obligation on the part of the Fund.
If the Fund exercises an option on a futures contract it will be obligated to
post initial margin (and potential subsequent variation margin) for the
resulting futures position just as it would for any position. Futures contracts
and options thereon are generally settled by entering into an offsetting
transaction but there can be no assurance that the position can be offset prior
to settlement at an advantageous price, nor that delivery will occur.




Options on Securities Indices and Other Financial Indices. The Fund also may
purchase and sell call and put options on securities indices and other financial
indices and in so doing can achieve many of the same objectives it would achieve
through the sale or purchase of options on individual securities or other
instruments. Options on securities indices and other financial indices are
similar to options on a security or other instrument except that, rather than
settling by physical delivery of the underlying instrument, they settle by cash
settlement, i.e., an option on an index gives the holder the right to receive,
upon exercise of the option, an amount of cash if the closing level of the index
upon which the option is based exceeds, in the case of a call, or is less than,
in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option. This amount of cash is
equal to the excess of the closing price of the index over the exercise price of
the option, which also may be multiplied by a formula value. The seller of the
option is obligated, in return for the premium received, to make delivery of
this amount. The gain or loss on an option on an index depends on price
movements in the instruments making up the market, market segment, industry or
other composite on which the underlying index is based, rather than price
movements in individual securities, as is the case with respect to options on
securities.

Currency Transactions. The Fund may engage in currency transactions with
Counterparties primarily in order to hedge, or manage the risk of the value of
portfolio holdings denominated in particular currencies against fluctuations in
relative value. Currency transactions include forward currency contracts,
exchange listed currency futures, exchange listed and OTC options on currencies,
and currency swaps. A forward currency contract involves a privately negotiated
obligation to purchase or sell (with delivery generally required) a specific
currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date
of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the
contract. A currency swap is an agreement to exchange cash flows based on the
notional difference among two or more currencies and operates similarly to an
interest rate swap, which is described below. The fund may enter into currency
transactions with Counterparties which have received (or the guarantors of the
obligations which have received) a credit rating of A-1 or P-1 by S&P or
Moody's, respectively, or that have an equivalent rating from a NRSRO or (except
for OTC currency options) are determined to be of equivalent credit quality by
the Advisor.

The Fund's dealings in forward currency contracts and other currency
transactions such as futures, options, options on futures and swaps generally
will be limited to hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio
positions except as described below. Transaction hedging is entering into a
currency transaction with respect to specific assets or liabilities of the Fund,
which will generally arise in connection with the purchase or sale of its
portfolio securities or the receipt of income therefrom. Position hedging is
entering into a currency transaction with respect to portfolio security
positions denominated or generally quoted in that currency.

The Fund generally will not enter into a transaction to hedge currency exposure
to an extent greater, after netting all transactions intended wholly or
partially to offset other transactions, than the aggregate market value (at the
time of entering into the transaction) of the securities held in its portfolio
that are denominated or generally quoted in or currently convertible into such
currency, other than with respect to proxy hedging or cross hedging as described
below.

The Fund may also cross-hedge currencies by entering into transactions to
purchase or sell one or more currencies that are expected to decline in value
relative to other currencies to which the Fund has or in which the Fund expects
to have portfolio exposure.


To reduce the effect of currency fluctuations on the value of existing or
anticipated holdings of portfolio securities, the Fund may also engage in proxy
hedging. Proxy hedging is often used when the currency to which the Fund's
portfolio is exposed is difficult to hedge or to hedge against the dollar. Proxy
hedging entails entering into a commitment or option to sell a currency whose
changes in value are generally considered to be correlated to a currency or
currencies in which some or all of the Fund's portfolio securities are or are
expected to be denominated, in exchange for US dollars. The amount of the
commitment or option would not exceed the value of the Fund's securities
denominated in correlated currencies. Currency hedging involves some of the same
risks and considerations as other transactions with similar instruments.
Currency transactions can result in losses to the Fund if the currency being
hedged fluctuates in value to a degree or in a direction that is not
anticipated. Further, there is the risk that the perceived correlation between
various currencies may not be present or may not be present during the
particular time that the Fund is engaging in proxy hedging. If the Fund enters
into a currency hedging transaction, the Fund will comply with the requirements
described above.


Risks of Currency Transactions. Currency transactions are subject to risks
different from those of other portfolio transactions. Because currency control
is of great importance to the issuing governments and influences economic
planning and policy, purchases and sales of currency and related instruments can
be negatively affected by government exchange controls, blockages, and
manipulations or exchange restrictions imposed by governments. These can result
in losses to the Fund if it is unable to deliver or receive currency or funds in
settlement of obligations and could also cause hedges it has entered into to be
rendered useless, resulting in full currency exposure as well as incurring
transaction costs. Buyers and sellers of currency futures are subject to the
same risks that apply to the use of futures generally. Further, settlement of a
currency futures contract for the purchase of most currencies must occur at a
bank based in the issuing nation. Trading options on currency futures is
relatively new, and the ability to establish and close out positions on such
options is subject to the maintenance of a liquid market which may not always be
available. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate based on factors extrinsic to
that country's economy.

Swaps, Caps, Floors and Collars. Among the Strategic Transactions into which the
Fund may enter are interest rate, currency, index and other swaps and the
purchase or sale of related caps, floors and collars. The Fund expects to enter
into these transactions primarily to preserve a return or spread on a particular
investment or portion of its portfolio, to protect against currency
fluctuations, as a duration management technique or to protect against any
increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later
date. The Fund will not sell interest rate caps or floors where it does not own
securities or other instruments providing the income stream the Fund may be
obligated to pay. Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by the Fund with
another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, e.g.,
an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments with respect to a
notional amount of principal. A currency swap is an agreement to exchange cash
flows on a notional amount of two or more currencies based on the relative value
differential among them and an index swap is an agreement to swap cash flows on
a notional amount based on changes in the values of the reference indices. The
Fund has not invested in commodity-linked swaps and does not intend to invest in
them in the future. The purchase of a cap entitles the purchaser to receive
payments on a notional principal amount from the party selling such cap to the
extent that a specified index exceeds a predetermined interest rate or amount.
The purchase of a floor entitles the purchaser to receive payments on a notional
principal amount from the party selling such floor to the extent that a
specified index falls below a predetermined interest rate or amount. A collar is
a combination of a cap and a floor that preserves a certain return within a
predetermined range of interest rates or values.



Combined Transactions. The Fund may enter into multiple transactions, including
multiple options transactions, multiple futures transactions, multiple currency
transactions (including forward currency contracts) and multiple interest rate
transactions and any combination of futures, options, currency and interest rate
transactions ("component" transactions), instead of a single Strategic
Transaction, as part of a single or combined strategy when, in the opinion of
the Advisor, it is in the best interests of the Fund to do so. A combined
transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of
its component transactions. Although combined transactions are normally entered
into based on the Advisor's judgment that the combined strategies will reduce
risk or otherwise more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management
goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or
hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective.

Securities of Non-US Issuers

General. The Fund will, under normal market conditions, invest a significant
portion of its assets in non-US securities.

The Fund may invest in securities of non-US issuers directly or in the form of
American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"),
Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") and International Depository Receipts
("IDRs") or other similar securities representing ownership of securities of
non-US issuers held in trust by a bank or similar financial institution. These
securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the
securities they represent. Designed for use in US, European and international
securities markets, respectively, ADRs, EDRs, GDRs and IDRs are alternatives to
the purchase of the underlying securities in their national markets and
currencies, but are subject to the same risks as the non-US securities to which
they relate.

With respect to certain countries in which capital markets are either less
developed or not easily accessed, investments by the Fund may be made through
investment in other investment companies that in turn are authorized to invest
in the securities of such countries. Investment in other investment companies is
generally limited in amount by the 1940 Act, will involve the indirect payment
of a portion of the expenses involved (including the advisory fees of such other
investment companies) and may result in a duplication of fees and expenses.

Investments in American, European, Global and International Depository Receipts.
The Fund may invest in non-US securities in the form of ADRs, EDRs, GDRs, or
IDRs. ADRs are receipts typically issued by a US bank or trust company which
evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation.
EDRs and IDRs are receipts issued in Europe typically by non-US banking and
trust companies that evidence ownership of either foreign or US securities. GDRs
are receipts issued by either a US or non-US banking institution evidencing
ownership of the underlying non-US securities. Generally, ADRs, in registered
form, are designed for use in US securities markets and EDRs, GDRs and IDRs, in
bearer form, are designed for use in European and international securities
markets. An ADR, EDR, GDR or IDR may be denominated in a currency different from
the currency in which the underlying foreign security is denominated.

Investments in Emerging Markets. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets
in one or more countries with emerging securities markets. These countries are
generally located in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and
Asia. Political and economic structures in many of these countries may be
undergoing significant evolution and rapid development, and these countries may
lack the social, political and economic stability characteristic of more
developed countries. Certain of these countries may have in the past failed to
recognize private property rights and, at times, may have nationalized or
expropriated the assets of private companies. As a result, these risks,
including the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets, may be
heightened. In addition, unanticipated political or social developments may
affect the value of the Fund's investments in these countries, as well as the
availability of additional investments in these countries. The small size and
inexperience of the securities markets in certain of these countries and the
limited volume of trading in securities in these countries may make the Fund's
investments in these countries illiquid and more volatile than investments in
most Western European countries, and the Fund may be required to establish
special custodial or other arrangements before making certain investments in
some of these countries.

Securities markets of emerging countries may also have less efficient clearance
and settlement procedures than US markets, making it difficult to conduct and
complete transactions. Delays in the settlement could result in temporary
periods when a portion of the Fund's assets is uninvested and no return is
earned thereon. Inability to make intended security purchases could cause the
Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities. Inability to dispose of
portfolio securities could result either in losses to the Fund due to subsequent
declines in value of the portfolio security or, if the Fund has entered into a
contract to sell the security, could result in possible liability of the Fund to
the purchaser. In addition, transaction costs, including brokerage commissions
and dealer mark-ups, in emerging countries may be higher than in the US and
other developed securities markets.

As legal systems in emerging countries develop, foreign investors may be
adversely affected by new or amended laws and regulations. In circumstances
where adequate laws exist, it may not be possible to obtain swift and equitable
enforcement of the law. Furthermore, with respect to investments in certain
emerging countries, archaic legal systems may have an adverse impact on the
Fund. For example, while the potential liability of a shareholder in a US
corporation with respect to acts of the corporation is generally limited to the
amount of the shareholder's investment, the notion of limited liability is less
clear in certain emerging countries. Similarly, the rights of investors in
emerging country companies may be more limited than those of shareholders of US
corporations.

In addition, there may be little financial or accounting information available
with respect to issuers located in certain of these countries, and it may be
difficult as a result to assess the value or prospects of an investment in these
countries. The laws of some foreign countries may limit the Fund's ability to
invest in securities of certain issuers located in those countries.

Region and Country Investing. The Fund may focus its investments in a particular
region and/or in one or more foreign countries. Focusing the Fund's investments
in a particular region or country will subject the Fund (to a greater extent
than if its investments in such region or country were more diversified) to the
risks of adverse securities markets, exchange rates and social, political or
economic developments which may occur in that particular region or country.

For purposes of the Fund's investment objective, a company is considered to be
located in a particular country if it (1) is organized under the laws of that
country and has a principal place of business in that country or (2) derives 50%
or more of its total revenues from business in that country.

Currency Management

General. In connection with the Fund's investments denominated in foreign
currencies, the Advisor may choose to utilize a variety of currency management
(hedging) strategies. The Advisor seeks to take advantage of different yield,
risk and return characteristics that different currencies, currency
denominations and countries can provide to US investors. In doing so, the
Advisor will consider such factors as the outlook for currency relationships;
current and anticipated interest rates; levels of inflation within various
countries; prospects for relative economic growth; and government policies
influencing currency exchange rates and business conditions. Although the
Adviser may attempt to manage currency exchange rate risks, there is no
assurance that the Adviser will do so, or do so at an appropriate time or that
the Adviser will be able to predict exchange rates accurately.

Currency Exchange Transactions. Because the Fund may buy and sell securities
denominated in currencies other than the US dollar and receives interest,
dividends and sale proceeds in currencies other than the US dollar, the Fund
from time to time may enter into currency exchange transactions to convert to
and from different currencies and to convert foreign currencies to and from the
US dollar. The Fund either enters into these transactions on a spot (i.e., cash)
basis at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market or uses
forward currency exchange contracts (discussed below) to purchase or sell
currencies.

Currency Hedging. The Fund's currency hedging strategies will be limited to
hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio positions.
Transaction hedging is the purchase or sale of forward currency with respect to
specific receivables or payables of the Fund generally accruing in connection
with the purchase or sale of its portfolio securities. Position hedging is the
sale of forward currency with respect to portfolio security positions. The Fund
may not position hedge to an extent greater than the aggregate market value (at
the time of entering into the hedge) of the hedged securities.

Proper currency hedging is important because a decline in the US dollar value of
a foreign currency in which the Fund's securities are denominated will reduce
the US dollar value of the securities, even if their value in the foreign
currency remains constant. The use of currency hedges does not eliminate
fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities, but it does establish a
rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. For example, in order to
protect against diminutions in the US dollar value of non-dollar denominated
securities it holds, the Fund may purchase foreign currency put options. If the
value of the foreign currency does decline, the Fund will have the right to sell
the currency for a fixed amount in dollars and will thereby offset, in whole or
in part, the adverse effect on the US dollar value of its securities that
otherwise would have resulted. Conversely, if a rise in the US dollar value of a
currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated is projected,
thereby potentially increasing the cost of the securities, the Fund may purchase
call options on the particular currency. The purchase of these options could
offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements in exchange
rates. The benefit to the Fund derived from purchases of currency options, like
the benefit derived from other types of options, will be reduced by premiums and
other transaction costs. Because transactions in currency exchange are generally
conducted on a principal basis, no fees or commissions are generally involved.
Currency hedging involves some of the same risks and considerations as other
transactions with similar instruments. Although currency hedges limit the risk
of loss due to a decline in the value of a hedged currency, at the same time,
they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the
currency increase. If a devaluation is generally anticipated, the Fund may not
be able to contract to sell a currency at a price above the devaluation level it
anticipates.

Cross Hedging. At the discretion of the Advisor, the Fund may employ the
currency hedging strategy known as "cross-hedging" by using forward currency
contracts, currency options or a combination of both. When engaging in
cross-hedging, the Fund seeks to protect against a decline in the value of a
foreign currency in which certain of its portfolio securities are denominated by
selling that currency forward into a different foreign currency for the purpose
of diversifying the Fund's total currency exposure or gaining exposure to a
foreign currency that is expected to outperform.

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts. A forward currency exchange contract is an
obligation by the Fund to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date,
which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract. Forward
currency exchange contracts establish an exchange rate at a future date. These
contracts are transferable in the interbank market conducted directly between
currency traders (usually large commercial banks and brokerages) and their
customers. A forward currency exchange contract may not have a deposit
requirement and may be traded at a net price without commission. The Fund
maintains with its custodian a segregated account of cash or liquid securities
in an amount at least equal to its obligations under each forward currency
exchange contract. Neither spot transactions nor forward currency exchange
contracts eliminate fluctuations in the prices of the Fund's securities or in
foreign exchange rates, or prevent loss if the prices of these securities should
decline.

The Fund may enter into foreign currency hedging transactions in an attempt to
protect against changes in currency exchange rates between the trade and
settlement dates of specific securities transactions or changes in currency
exchange rates that would adversely affect a portfolio position or an
anticipated investment position. Since consideration of the prospect for
currency parities will be incorporated into the Advisor's long-term investment
decisions, the Fund will not routinely enter into currency hedging transactions
with respect to security transactions; however, the Advisor believes that it is
important to have the flexibility to enter into currency hedging transactions
when it determines that the transactions would be in the Fund's best interest.
Although these transactions tend to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline
in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they tend to limit any
potential gain that might be realized should the value of the hedged currency
increase. The precise matching of the forward contract amounts and the value of
the securities involved will not generally be possible because the future value
of such securities in foreign currencies will change as a consequence of market
movements in the value of such securities between the date the forward contract
is entered into and the date it matures. The projection of currency market
movements is extremely difficult, and the successful execution of a hedging
strategy is highly uncertain.

While these contracts are not presently regulated by the CFTC, the CFTC may in
the future assert authority to regulate forward contracts. In such event the
Fund's ability to utilize forward contracts may be restricted. Forward contracts
may reduce the potential gain from a positive change in the relationship between
the US dollar and foreign currencies. Unanticipated changes in currency prices
may result in poorer overall performance for the Fund than if it had not entered
into such contracts. The use of currency forward contracts may not eliminate
fluctuations in the underlying US dollar equivalent value of the prices of or
rates of return on the Fund's foreign currency denominated portfolio securities
and the use of such techniques will subject the Fund to certain risks.

The matching of the increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in
the US dollar equivalent value of the foreign currency denominated asset that is
the subject of the hedge generally will not be precise. In addition, the Fund
may not always be able to enter into currency forward contracts at attractive
prices and this will limit the Fund's ability to use such contract to hedge or
cross-hedge its assets. Also, with regard to the Fund's use of cross-hedges,
there can be no assurance that historical correlations between the movement of
certain foreign currencies relative to the US dollar will continue. Thus, at any
time poor correlation may exist between movements in the exchange rates of the
foreign currencies underlying the Fund's cross-hedges and the movements in the
exchange rates of the foreign currencies in which the Fund's assets that are the
subject of such cross-hedges are denominated.

The Fund will segregate cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the
value of the Fund's total assets committed to the consummation of forward
currency contracts requiring the Fund to purchase foreign currencies or forward
contracts entered into for non-hedging purposes. If the value of the segregated
securities declines, additional cash or liquid securities will be segregated on
a daily basis so that the value of the assets will equal the amount of the
Fund's commitments with respect to such contracts. The segregated assets will be
marked-to-market on a daily basis.

Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund may write covered put and call options
and purchase put and call options on foreign currencies for the purpose of
protecting against declines in the dollar value of portfolio securities and
against increases in the dollar cost of securities to be acquired. The Fund may
use options on currencies to cross-hedge, which involves writing or purchasing
options on one currency to hedge against changes in exchange rates for a
different, but related currency. As with other types of options, however, the
writing of an option on foreign currency will constitute only a partial hedge up
to the amount of the premium received, and the Fund could be required to
purchase or sell foreign currencies at disadvantageous exchange rates, thereby
incurring losses. The purchase of an option on foreign currency may be used to
hedge against fluctuations in exchange rates although, in the event of exchange
rate movements adverse to the Fund's position, it may forfeit the entire amount
of the premium plus related transaction costs. In addition the Fund may purchase
call options on currency when the Advisor anticipates that the currency will
appreciate in value.

The Fund may also write options on foreign currencies for the same types of
hedging purposes. For example, where the Fund anticipates a decline in the
dollar value of foreign currency denominated securities due to adverse
fluctuations in exchange rates it could, instead of purchasing a put option,
write a call option on the relevant currency. If the expected decline occurs,
the options will most likely not be exercised, and the diminution in value of
portfolio securities will be offset by the amount of the premium received.

Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option to hedge against an anticipated
increase in the dollar cost of securities to be acquired, the Fund could write a
put option on the relevant currency which, if rates move in the manner
projected, will expire unexercised and allow the Fund to hedge such increased
cost up to the amount of the premium. As in the case of other types of options,
however, the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial
hedge up to the amount of the premium, and only if rates move in the expected
direction. If this does not occur, the option may be exercised and the Fund
would be required to purchase or sell the underlying currency at a loss which
may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options
on foreign currencies, the Fund also may be required to forego all or a portion
of the benefits which might otherwise have been obtained from favorable
movements in exchange rates.

The Fund may write covered call options on foreign currencies. A call option
written on a foreign currency by the Fund is "covered" if the Fund owns the
underlying foreign currency covered by the call or has an absolute and immediate
right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or
for additional cash consideration identified on the Fund's books) upon
conversion or exchange of other foreign currency held in its portfolio. A call
option is also covered if the Fund has a call on the same foreign currency and
in the same principal amount as the call written where the exercise price of the
call held (a) is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or
(b) is greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is
segregated by the Fund in cash or liquid securities.

The Fund also may write call options on foreign currencies that are not covered
for cross-hedging purposes. A call option on a foreign currency is for
cross-hedging purposes if it is not covered, but is designed to provide a hedge
against a decline in the US dollar value of a security which the Fund owns or
has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the
option due to an adverse change in the exchange rate. In such circumstances, the
Fund collateralizes the option by segregating cash or liquid securities in an
amount not less than the value of the underlying foreign currency in US dollars
marked to market daily.

There is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any
particular option, or at any particular time. If the Fund is unable to effect a
closing purchase transaction with respect to covered options it has written, the
Fund will not be able to sell the underlying currency or dispose of assets held
in a segregated account until the options expire or are exercised. Similarly, if
the Fund is unable to effect a closing sale transaction with respect to options
it has purchased, it would have to exercise the options in order to realize any
profit and will incur transaction costs upon the purchase or sale of underlying
currency. The Fund pays brokerage commissions or spreads in connection with its
options transactions.

As in the case of forward contracts, certain options on foreign currencies are
traded over-the-counter and involve liquidity and credit risks which may not be
present in the case of exchange-traded currency options. In some circumstances,
the Fund's ability to terminate OTC options may be more limited than with
exchange-traded options. It is also possible that broker-dealers participating
in OTC options transactions will not fulfill their obligations. The Fund intends
to treat OTC options as not readily marketable and therefore subject to the
Fund's limitation with respect to illiquid securities.

Additional Limitations and Risk Factors

In addition to the risks discussed above, the Fund's investments may be subject
to the following limitations and risk factors:

Additional Risks Related To Transactions in Options, Futures Contracts, Options
on Futures Contracts, Swaps And Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts. The
Fund's active management techniques involve (1) liquidity risk (contractual
positions cannot be easily closed out in the event of market changes or
generally in the absence of a liquid secondary market), (2) correlation risk
(changes in the value of hedging positions may not match the securities market
and foreign currency fluctuations intended to be hedged), and (3) market risk
(an incorrect prediction of securities prices or exchange rates by the Advisor
may cause the Fund to perform worse than if such positions had not been taken).
In addition, the ability to terminate OTC options is more limited than with
exchange traded options and may involve the risk that the counter party to the
option will not fulfill its obligations.

Asset Coverage. The Fund will comply with the segregation or coverage guidelines
established by the Commission and other applicable regulatory bodies with
respect to certain transactions, including (but not limited to) options written
on securities and securities and commodities indices; commodities, currency,
interest rate and security index futures contracts and options on these futures
contracts; and forward currency contracts. These guidelines may, in certain
instances, require segregation by the Fund of cash or liquid securities to the
extent the Fund's obligations with respect to these strategies are not otherwise
covered through ownership of the underlying security or financial instrument, by
other portfolio positions or by other means consistent with applicable
regulatory policies. Unless the transaction is covered, the segregated assets
must at all times equal or exceed the Fund's obligations with respect to these
strategies. Segregated assets cannot be sold or transferred unless equivalent
assets are substituted in their place or it is no longer necessary to segregate
them. As a result, there is a possibility that segregation of a large percentage
of the Fund's assets could impede portfolio management or the Fund's ability to
meet redemption requests or other current obligations.

For example, a call option written on securities may require the Fund to hold
the securities subject to the call (or securities convertible into the
securities without additional consideration) or to segregate assets (as
described above) sufficient to purchase and deliver the securities if the call
is exercised. A call option written on an index may require the Fund to own
portfolio securities that correlate with the index or to segregate assets (as
described above) equal to the excess of the index value over the exercise price
on a current basis. A put option written by the Fund may require the Fund to
segregate assets (as described above) equal to the exercise price. The Fund
could purchase a put option if the strike price of that option is the same or
higher than the strike price of a put option sold by the Fund. If the Fund holds
a futures contract, the Fund could purchase a put option on the same futures
contract with a strike price as high or higher than the price of the contract
held. The Fund may enter into fully or partially offsetting transactions so that
its net position, coupled with any segregated assets (equal to any remaining
obligation), equals its net obligation. Asset coverage may be achieved by other
means when consistent with applicable regulatory policies.

The Board of Trustees of the Fund has authorized the use of futures contracts
and options on futures contracts as a hedge and the use of stock index futures
on a continual basis to equitize cash so that the Fund may maintain 100% equity
exposure. The use of options, futures and foreign currency contracts is a highly
specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks that are
different from those associated with ordinary portfolio transactions. Gains and
losses on investments in options and futures depend on the Advisor's ability to
predict the direction of stock prices, interest rates, currency movements and
other economic factors. The loss that may be incurred by the Fund in entering
into futures contracts and written options thereon and forward currency
contracts is potentially unlimited. There is no assurance that higher than
anticipated trading activity or other unforeseen events might not, at times,
render certain facilities of an options clearing entity or other entity
performing the regulatory and liquidity functions of an options clearing entity
inadequate, and thereby result in the institution by an exchange of special
procedures which may interfere with the timely execution of customers' orders.
Most futures exchanges limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in a futures
contract's prices during a single trading day. Once the limit has been reached
no further trades may be made that day at a price beyond the limit. The price
limit will not limit potential losses, and may in fact prevent the prompt
liquidation of futures positions, ultimately resulting in further losses.
Options and futures traded on foreign exchanges generally are not regulated by
US authorities, and may offer less liquidity and less protection to the Fund in
the event of default by the other party to the contract.

Except as set forth above under "Derivative Securities: Futures Contracts and
Options on Futures Contracts," there is no limit on the percentage of the assets
of the Fund that may be at risk with respect to futures contracts and related
options or forward currency contracts. The Fund may not invest more than 25% of
its total assets in purchased protective put options. The Fund's transactions in
options, forward currency contracts, futures contracts and options on futures
contracts may be limited by the requirements for qualification of the Fund as a
regulated investment company ("RIC") for tax purposes. See "Taxes." There can be
no assurance that the use of these portfolio strategies will be successful.

Investment Restrictions on Futures Transactions. The Fund will not enter into
any futures contracts or options on futures contracts if immediately thereafter
the amount of margin deposits on all the futures contracts of the Fund and
premiums paid on outstanding options on futures contracts owned by the Fund
(other than those entered into for bona fide hedging purposes) would exceed 5%
of the Fund's net asset value, after taking into account unrealized profits and
unrealized losses on any such contracts.

Non-US Securities. Although the Fund intends to invest primarily in securities
of established companies based in developed countries, investors should realize
that the value of the Fund's investments may be adversely affected by changes in
political or social conditions, diplomatic relations, confiscatory taxation,
expropriation, nationalization, limitation on the removal of funds or assets, or
imposition of (or change in) exchange control or tax regulations in those
foreign countries. In addition, changes in government administrations or
economic or monetary policies in the United States or abroad could result in
appreciation or depreciation of portfolio securities and could favorably or
unfavorably affect the Fund's operations. Furthermore, the economies of
individual foreign nations may differ from the US economy, whether favorably or
unfavorably, in areas such as growth of gross national product, rate of
inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of
payments position; it may also be more difficult to obtain and enforce a
judgment against a foreign issuer. In general, less information is publicly
available with respect to non-US issuers than is available with respect to US
companies. Most foreign companies are also not subject to the uniform accounting
and financial reporting requirements applicable to issuers in the United States.
Any foreign investments made by the Fund must be made in compliance with US and
foreign currency restrictions and tax laws restricting the amounts and types of
foreign investments.

Because non-US securities generally are denominated and pay dividends or
interest in foreign currencies, and the Fund holds various foreign currencies
from time to time, the value of the net assets of the Fund as measured in US
dollars will be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in exchange rates.
Generally, the Fund's currency exchange transactions will be conducted on a spot
(i.e., cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market.
The cost of the Fund's currency exchange transactions will generally be the
difference between the bid and offer spot rate of the currency being purchased
or sold. In order to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign
currency exchange, the Fund is authorized to enter into certain foreign currency
exchange transactions.

In addition, while the volume of transactions effected on foreign stock
exchanges has increased in recent years, in most cases it remains appreciably
below that of The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE"). Accordingly, the
Fund's foreign investments may be less liquid and their prices may be more
volatile than comparable investments in securities of US companies. Moreover,
the settlement periods for non-US securities, which are often longer than those
for securities of US issuers, may affect portfolio liquidity. In buying and
selling securities on foreign exchanges, the Fund normally pays fixed
commissions that are generally higher than the negotiated commissions charged in
the United States. In addition, there is generally less government supervision
and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers and issuers in foreign countries
than in the United States.

Emerging Markets. The world's industrialized markets generally include but are
not limited to the following: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States; the world's emerging
markets generally include but are not limited to the following: Argentina,
Botswana, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, the
Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, the
Ivory Coast, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela,
Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

Investment in securities of issuers based in underdeveloped emerging markets
entails all of the risks of investing in securities of non-US issuers outlined
above but to a heightened degree. These heightened risks include: (1) greater
risks of expropriation, confiscatory taxation, nationalization, and less social,
political and economic stability; (2) the smaller size of the market for such
securities and a low or nonexistent volume of trading, resulting in lack of
liquidity and in price volatility; and (3) certain national policies which may
restrict the Fund's investment opportunities including restrictions on investing
in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to relevant national interests.

In addition to brokerage commissions, custodial services and other costs
relating to investment in emerging markets are generally more expensive than in
the United States. Such markets have been unable to keep pace with the volume of
securities transactions, making it difficult to conduct such transactions. The
inability of the Fund to make intended securities purchases due to settlement
problems could cause the Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities.
Inability to dispose of a security due to settlement problems could result
either in losses to the Fund due to subsequent declines in the value of the
security or, if the Fund has entered into a contract to sell the security, could
result in possible liability to the purchaser.

Rating Services. The ratings of rating services represent their opinions as to
the quality of the securities that they undertake to rate. It should be
emphasized, however, that ratings are relative and subjective and are not
absolute standards of quality. Although these ratings are an initial criterion
for selection of portfolio investments, the Advisor also makes its own
evaluation of these securities, subject to review by the Board of Trustees.
After purchase by the Fund, an obligation may cease to be rated or its rating
may be reduced below the minimum required for purchase by the Fund. Neither
event would require the Fund to eliminate the obligation from its portfolio, but
the Advisor will consider such an event in its determination of whether the Fund
should continue to hold the obligation. A description of the ratings used herein
and in the Fund's prospectus is set forth in the Appendix to this SAI.

Other Investments and Investment Practices

Illiquid Securities. Historically, illiquid securities have included securities
subject to contractual or legal restrictions on resale because they have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"),
securities which are otherwise not readily marketable and repurchase agreements
having a maturity of longer than seven days. Securities which have not been
registered under the 1933 Act are referred to as private placements or
restricted securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the
secondary market. Non-publicly traded securities (including Rule 144A
Securities) may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may
result in substantial losses. These securities may be less liquid than publicly
traded securities, and it may take longer to liquidate these positions than
would be the case for publicly traded securities. Companies whose securities are
not publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor
protection requirements applicable to companies whose securities are publicly
traded. Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of
portfolio securities and a mutual fund might be unable to dispose of restricted
or other illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices and might thereby
experience difficulty satisfying redemptions within seven days. An investment in
illiquid securities is subject to the risk that should the Fund desire to sell
any of these securities when a ready buyer is not available at a price that is
deemed to be representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net assets
could be adversely affected.

Mutual funds do not typically hold a significant amount of these restricted or
other illiquid securities because of the potential for delays on resale and
uncertainty in valuation. A mutual fund might also have to register such
restricted securities in order to dispose of them resulting in additional
expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could impede such a public offering
of securities.

A large institutional market has developed for certain securities that are not
registered under the 1933 Act, including repurchase agreements, commercial
paper, non-US securities , municipal securities and corporate bonds and notes.
Institutional investors depend on an efficient institutional market in which the
unregistered security can be readily resold or on an issuer's ability to honor a
demand for repayment. The fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions
on resale of such investments to the general public or to certain institutions
may not be indicative of their liquidity.

The SEC has adopted Rule 144A, which allows a broader institutional trading
market for securities otherwise subject to restriction on their resale to the
general public. Rule 144A establishes a "safe harbor" from the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act for resales of certain securities to qualified
institutional buyers. The Advisor anticipates that the market for certain
restricted securities such as institutional commercial paper will expand further
as a result of this regulation and the development of automated systems for the
trading, clearance and settlement of unregistered securities of domestic and
non-US issuers, such as the PORTAL System sponsored by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

An investment in Rule 144A Securities will be considered illiquid and therefore
subject to the Fund's limit on the purchase of illiquid securities unless the
Board or its delegates determines that the Rule 144A Securities are liquid. In
reaching liquidity decisions, the Board and its delegates may consider, inter
alia, the following factors: (i) the unregistered nature of the security; (ii)
the frequency of trades and quotes for the security; (iii) the number of dealers
wishing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential
purchasers; (iv) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security and (v)
the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades (e.g., the
time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers and the
mechanics of the transfer).

Investing in Rule 144A Securities could have the effect of increasing the level
of illiquidity in the Fund to the extent that qualified institutional buyers are
unavailable or uninterested in purchasing such securities from the Fund. The
Board has adopted guidelines and delegated to the Advisor the daily function of
determining and monitoring the liquidity of Rule 144A Securities, although the
Board will retain ultimate responsibility for any liquidity determinations.


Impact of Large Redemptions and Purchases of Fund Shares. From time to time,
shareholders of the Fund (which may include affiliated and/or non-affiliated
registered investment companies that invest in the Fund) may make relatively
large redemptions or purchases of Fund shares. These transactions may cause the
Fund to have to sell securities or invest additional cash, as the case may be.
While it is impossible to predict the overall impact of these transactions over
time, there could be adverse effects on the Fund's performance to the extent
that the Fund may be required to sell securities or invest cash at times when it
would not otherwise do so. These transactions could also accelerate the
realization of taxable income if sales of securities resulted in capital gains
or other income and could also increase transaction costs, which may impact the
Fund's expense ratio.


To Be Announced (TBA) Purchase Commitments. The Fund may enter into TBA purchase
commitments to purchase securities for a fixed price at a future date, typically
not exceeding 45 days. TBA purchase commitments may be considered securities in
themselves, and involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be
purchased declines prior to settlement date, which risk is in addition to the
risk of decline in the value of the Fund's other assets. Unsettled TBA purchase
commitments are valued at the current market value of the underlying securities.

When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities. The Fund may purchase securities on
a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. Delivery of and payment for these
securities can take place a month or more after the date of the purchase
commitment. The payment obligation and the interest rate that will be received
on when-issued and delayed-delivery securities are fixed at the time the buyer
enters into the commitment. Due to fluctuations in the value of securities
purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis, the yields
obtained on such securities may be higher or lower than the yields available in
the market on the dates when the investments are actually delivered to the
buyers. When-issued securities may include securities purchased on a "when, as
and if issued" basis, under which the issuance of the security depends on the
occurrence of a subsequent event, such as approval of a merger, corporate
reorganization or debt restructuring. The value of such securities is subject to
market fluctuation during this period and no interest or income, as applicable,
accrues to the Fund until settlement takes place.

At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase securities on a
when-issued or delayed delivery basis, it will record the transaction, reflect
the value each day of such securities in determining its net asset value and, if
applicable, calculate the maturity for the purposes of average maturity from
that date. At the time of settlement a when-issued security may be valued at
less than the purchase price. To facilitate such acquisitions, the Fund
identifies on its books cash or liquid assets in an amount at least equal to
such commitments. It may be expected that the Fund's net assets will fluctuate
to a greater degree when it sets aside portfolio securities to cover such
purchase commitments than when it sets aside cash. On delivery dates for such
transactions, the Fund will meet its obligations from maturities or sales of the
segregated securities and/or from cash flow. If the Fund chooses to dispose of
the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition, it could,
as with the disposition of any other portfolio obligation, incur a gain or loss
due to market fluctuation. It is the current policy of the Fund not to enter
into when-issued commitments exceeding in the aggregate 15% of the market value
of the Fund's total assets, less liabilities other than the obligations created
by when-issued commitments. When the Fund engages in when-issued or
delayed-delivery transactions, it relies on the other party to consummate the
trade. Failure of the seller to do so may result in the Fund's incurring a loss
or missing an opportunity to obtain a price considered to be advantageous.

Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may engage in repurchase agreement transactions
with member banks of the Federal Reserve System and certain non-bank dealers,
including governmental securities dealers approved by the Fund's Board of
Trustees. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund would
acquire any underlying security for a relatively short period (usually not more
than one week), subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and the
Fund to resell, the obligation at an agreed price and time, thereby determining
the yield during the Fund's holding period. This arrangement results in a fixed
rate of return that is not subject to market fluctuations during the Fund's
holding period. The value of the underlying securities will be at least equal at
all times to the total amount of the repurchase obligations, including interest.
The Fund bears a risk of loss in the event of default by or bankruptcy of the
other party to a repurchase agreement. The Fund may be delayed in, or prevented
from, exercising its rights to dispose of the collateralized securities. To the
extent that, in the meantime, the value of the securities repurchased had
decreased or the value of the securities had increased, the Fund could
experience a loss. The Advisor reviews the creditworthiness of those banks and
dealers with which the Fund enters into repurchase agreements and monitors on an
ongoing basis the value of the securities subject to repurchase agreements to
ensure that it is maintained at the required level. A repurchase agreement is
considered to be a loan under the 1940 Act.


Reverse Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may borrow funds for temporary or
emergency purposes, such as meeting larger than anticipated redemption requests,
and not for leverage, by among other things, agreeing to sell portfolio
securities to financial institutions such as member banks of the Federal Reserve
System and certain non-bank dealers and to repurchase them at a mutually agreed
date and price (a "reverse repurchase agreement"). A Fund's liquidity and
ability to manage its assets might be affected when it sets aside cash or
portfolio securities to cover such commitments. Reverse repurchase agreements
involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by the Fund may
decline below the repurchase price of those securities. In the event the buyer
of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or
becomes insolvent, such buyer or its trustee or receiver may receive an
extension of time to determine whether to enforce a Fund's obligation to
repurchase the securities, and the Fund's use of the proceeds of the reverse
repurchase agreement may effectively be restricted pending such decision.
Reverse repurchase agreements are considered to be borrowings by the Fund.


Mortgage Dollar Rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage "dollar rolls" in which
a Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously
contracts to repurchase substantially similar, but not identical (same type,
coupon and maturity), securities on a specified future date. During the roll
period, the Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund
is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the lower
forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the "drop") or fee
income and by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. A
"covered roll" is a specific type of dollar roll for which there is an
offsetting cash position or a cash equivalent security position which matures on
or before the forward settlement date of the dollar roll transaction. The Fund
may enter into both covered and uncovered rolls. At the time the Fund enters
into a dollar roll transaction, it will segregate with an approved custodian
cash or liquid securities having a value not less than the repurchase price
(including accrued interest) and will subsequently monitor the segregated assets
to ensure that its value is maintained.


Lending of Fund Securities. The Fund may lend its investment securities to
approved institutional borrowers who need to borrow securities in order to
complete certain transactions, such as covering short sales, avoiding failures
to deliver securities or completing arbitrage operations. By lending its
investment securities, the Fund attempts to increase its net investment income
through the receipt of interest on the loan. Any gain or loss in the market
price of the securities loaned that might occur during the term of the loan
would belong to the Fund. The Fund may lend its investment securities so long as
the terms, structure and the aggregate amount of such loans are not inconsistent
with the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations or interpretations of the SEC
thereunder, which currently require, among other things, that (a) the borrower
pledge and maintain with the Fund collateral consisting of liquid, unencumbered
assets having a value at all times not less than 100% of the value of the
securities loaned, (b) the borrower add to such collateral whenever the price of
the securities loaned rises (i.e., the borrower "marks to the market" on a daily
basis), (c) the loan be made subject to termination by the Fund at any time, and
(d) the Fund receives reasonable interest on the loan (which may include the
Fund investing any cash collateral in interest bearing short-term investments),
and distributions on the loaned securities and any increase in their market
value. There may be risks of delay in recovery of the securities or even loss of
rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially.
However, loans will be made only to borrowers selected by the Fund's delegate
after a commercially reasonable review of relevant facts and circumstances,
including the creditworthiness of the borrower.

The Fund may pay negotiated fees in connection with loaned securities, pursuant
to written contracts. In addition, voting rights may pass with the loaned
securities, but if a material event occurs affecting an investment on loan, the
loan must be called and the securities voted. Pursuant to an exemptive order
granted by the SEC, cash collateral received by the Fund may be invested in a
money market fund managed by the Advisor (or one of its affiliates).




Borrowing. The Fund will not borrow money (including through reverse repurchase
agreements or dollar roll transactions) for any purpose in excess of 5% of its
total assets, except that it may borrow for temporary or emergency purposes up
to 1/3 of its total assets. Furthermore, additional investments (including
roll-overs) will not be made when borrowings (including reverse repurchase
agreements) exceed 5% of each Fund's total assets. Under the 1940 Act, the Fund
is required to maintain continuous asset coverage of 300% with respect to such
borrowings and to sell (within three days) sufficient portfolio holdings to
restore such coverage if it should decline to less than 300% due to market
fluctuations or otherwise, even if such liquidation of the Fund's holdings may
be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint.

Leveraging by means of borrowing may exaggerate the effect of any increase or
decrease in the value of the Fund's securities and the Fund's NAV per Share, and
money borrowed by the Fund will be subject to interest and other costs (which
may include commitment fees and/or the cost of maintaining minimum average
balances) that may exceed the income received from the securities purchased with
the borrowed funds. It is not the intention of the Advisor to use leverage as a
normal practice in the investment of the Fund's assets.

Short Sales. The Fund may engage in short sales with respect to securities that
it owns or has the right to obtain (for example, through conversion of a
convertible bond). These transactions, known as short sales "against the box,"
allow the Fund to hedge against price fluctuations by locking in a sale price
for securities it does not wish to sell immediately. In a short sale, the Fund
sells a borrowed security and has a corresponding obligation to the lender to
return the identical security. The seller does not immediately deliver the
securities sold and is said to have a short position in those securities until
delivery occurs. If the Fund engages in a short sale, the collateral for the
short position will be segregated in an account with the Fund's custodian or
qualified sub-custodian.

The Fund does not intend to engage in short sales against the box for investment
purposes. The Fund may, however, make a short sale as a hedge, when it believes
that the price of a security may decline, causing a decline in the value of a
security owned by the Fund (or a security convertible or exchangeable for such
security). In such case, any future losses in the Fund's long position should be
offset by a gain in the short position and, conversely, any gain in the long
position should be reduced by a loss in the short position. The extent to which
such gains or losses are reduced will depend upon the amount of the security
sold short relative to the amount the Fund owns. There will be certain
additional transaction costs associated with short sales against the box, but
the Fund will endeavor to offset these costs with the income from the investment
of the cash proceeds of short sales.

Hedging Strategies. The Fund may use certain strategies designed to adjust the
overall risk of its investment portfolio. These "hedging" strategies involve
derivative contracts, including (but not limited to) US Treasury and Eurodollar
futures contracts and exchange-traded put and call options on such futures
contracts. New financial products and risk management techniques continue to be
developed and may be used if consistent with the Fund's investment objective and
policies. Among other purposes, these hedging strategies may be used to
effectively maintain a desired portfolio duration or to protect against market
risk should the Fund change its investments among different types of fixed
income securities.

The Fund might not use any hedging strategies, and there can be no assurance
that any strategy used will succeed. If the Advisor is incorrect in its judgment
on market values, interest rates or other economic factors in using a hedging
strategy, the Fund may have lower net income and a net loss on the investment.
Each of these strategies involves certain risks, which include:

o        the fact that the skills needed to use hedging instruments are
         different from those needed to select securities for the Fund; o the
         possibility of imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between
         the price movements of hedging instruments and price movements of the
         securities or currencies being hedged;

o        possible constraints placed on the Fund's ability to purchase or sell
         portfolio investments at advantageous times due to the need for the
         Fund to maintain "cover" or to segregate securities; and

o        the possibility that the Fund will be unable to close out or liquidate
         its hedged position.

A hedge is designed to offset a loss in a portfolio position with a gain in the
hedged position; at the same time, however, a properly correlated hedge will
result in a gain in the portfolio position being offset by a loss in the hedged
position. As a result, the use of options, futures and currency exchange
transactions for hedging purposes could limit any potential gain from an
increase in the value of the position hedged. With respect to futures contracts,
since the value of portfolio securities will far exceed the value of the futures
contracts sold by the Fund, an increase in the value of the futures contracts
could only mitigate, but not totally offset, the decline in the value of the
Fund's assets.

In hedging transactions based on an index, whether the Fund will realize a gain
or loss depends upon movements in the level of securities prices in the stock
market generally or, in the case of certain indexes, in an industry or market
segment, rather than movements in the price of a particular security. The risk
of imperfect correlation increases as the composition of the Fund's portfolio
varies from the composition of the index. In an effort to compensate for
imperfect correlation of relative movements in the hedged position and the
hedge, the Fund's hedge positions may be in a greater or lesser dollar amount
than the dollar amount of the hedged position. Such "over hedging" or "under
hedging" may adversely affect the Fund's net investment results if market
movements are not as anticipated when the hedge is established. Securities index
futures transactions may be subject to additional correlation risks. First, all
participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit and maintenance
requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit requirements,
investors may close futures contracts through offsetting transactions which
would distort the normal relationship between the securities index and futures
markets. Secondly, from the point of view of speculators, the deposit
requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in
the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the
futures market also may cause temporary price distortions. Because of the
possibility of price distortions in the futures market and the imperfect
correlation between movements in a securities index and movements in the price
of securities index futures, a correct forecast of general market trends by the
Advisor still may not result in a successful hedging transaction.

To the extent that the Fund engages in the strategies described above, the Fund
may experience losses greater than if these strategies had not been utilized. In
addition to the risks described above, these instruments may be illiquid and/or
subject to trading limits, and the Fund may be unable to close out a position
without incurring substantial losses, if at all. The Fund is also subject to the
risk of a default by a counterparty to an off-exchange transaction.

Other Investment Companies. The Fund may invest in the aggregate no more than
10% of its total assets, calculated at the time of purchase, in the securities
of other US-registered investment companies. In addition, the Fund may not
invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one such
investment company or acquire more than 3% of the voting securities of any other
such investment company (unless permitted to exceed those limitations by an
exemptive order of the SEC or rules under the 1940 Act). The Fund will
indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management or other fees paid by
investment companies in which it invests, in addition to its own fees.

Temporary Defensive Investments. For temporary defensive purposes during periods
when the Advisor determines that conditions warrant, the Fund may invest up to
100% of its assets in cash and money market instruments, including (but not
limited to) securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government, its agencies
or instrumentalities; certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers'
acceptances issued by banks or savings and loans associations having net assets
of at least $500 million as of the end of their most recent fiscal year;
commercial paper rated at the time of purchase at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's
or P-1 by Moody's, or unrated commercial paper determined by the Advisor to be
of comparable quality; repurchase agreements involving any of the foregoing;
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shares of other investment
companies investing solely in money market instruments.



Concentration. The Fund "concentrates," for purposes of the 1940 Act, its assets
in securities related to a particular industry which means that at least 25% of
its net assets will be invested in these assets at all times. As a result, the
Fund may be subject to greater market fluctuation than a fund which has
securities representing a broader range of investment alternatives.

Reserve Assets. As a reserve for changes in allocation in the Fund's equity
investments and to cover the Fund's open positions resulting from its
investments in derivative instruments, the Fund also invests its assets in money
market instruments or money market funds.

Indexed Securities. The Fund may invest in indexed securities whose value
depends on the price of foreign currencies, commodities or securities indices or
other financial values or statistics. Examples include debt securities whose
value at maturity is determined by reference to the relative prices of various
currencies or to the price of a stock index. These securities may be positively
or negatively indexed; that is, their value may increase or decrease if the
underlying instrument appreciates.

Investment of Uninvested Cash Balances. The Fund may have cash balances that
have not been invested in portfolio securities ("Uninvested Cash"). Uninvested
Cash may result from a variety of sources, including dividends or interest
received from portfolio securities, unsettled securities transactions, reserves
held for investment strategy purposes, scheduled maturity of investments,
liquidation of investment securities to meet anticipated redemptions or dividend
payments, and new cash received from investors. Uninvested Cash may be invested
directly in money market instruments or other short-term debt obligations.
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the Fund may use Uninvested
Cash to purchase shares of affiliated funds, including money market funds and
Cash Management QP Trust, or entities for the which the Advisor may act as
investment advisor now or in the future that operate as cash management
investment vehicles but are excluded from the definition of investment company
pursuant to Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act (collectively, the
"Central Funds") in excess of the limitations of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940
Act. Investment by a fund in shares of the Central Funds will comply with Rule
2a-7 under the 1940 Act and will be in accordance with a fund's investment
policies and restrictions.

The Fund will invest Uninvested Cash in Central Funds only to the extent that
the Fund's aggregate investment in the Central Funds does not exceed 25% of its
total assets. Purchase and sales of shares of Central Funds are made at net
asset value.


The S&P GSCI(TM) Commodity Index

The following description of the S&P GSCI(TM) Commodity Index is based upon the
description prepared by Goldman Sachs. As of the date of this SAI, the sponsor's
description is available at http://www2.goldmansachs.com/gsci/. S&P, Goldman
Sachs and their affiliates have not approved this description and have not
consented to the inclusion of this description in this SAI. Three different
versions of the S&P GSCI are published. The references herein are to the S&P
GSCI Total Return Index.


S&P GSCI Commodity Index (S&P GSCI)

The S&P GSCI is designed to provide investors with a reliable and publicly
available benchmark for investment performance in the commodity markets
comparable to the S&P 500 or FT equity indices. As such, the S&P GSCI is a
composite index of commodity sector returns, representing an unleveraged,
long-only investment in commodity futures that is broadly diversified across the
spectrum of commodities. The returns are calculated on a fully-collateralized
basis with full reinvestment. The combination of these attributes provides
investors with a representative and realistic picture of realizable returns
attainable in the commodities markets.

Individual components qualify for inclusion in the S&P GSCI on the basis of
liquidity and are weighted by their respective world production quantities. The
principles behind the construction of the index are public and designed to allow
easy and cost-efficient investment implementation. Possible means of
implementation include the purchase of S&P GSCI-related instruments, such as the
S&P GSCI futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) or
over-the-counter derivatives, or the direct purchase of the underlying futures
contracts.

Economic Weighting

The S&P GSCI is world-production weighted; the quantity of each commodity in the
index is determined by the average quantity of production in the last five years
of available data. Such weighting provides the S&P GSCI with significant
advantages, both as an economic indicator and as a measure of investment
performance.

For use as an economic indicator, the appropriate weight to assign each
commodity is in proportion to the amount of that commodity flowing through the
economy (i.e., the actual production or consumption of that commodity). For
instance, the impact that doubling the price of corn has on inflation and on
economic growth depends directly on how much corn is used (or produced) in the
economy.

From the standpoint of measuring investment performance, production-weighting is
not only appropriate but vital. The key to measuring investment performance in a
representative fashion is to weight each asset by the amount of capital
dedicated to holding that asset. In equity markets, this representative
measurement of investment performance is accomplished through weighting indices
by market capitalization.

For commodities, there is no direct counterpart to market capitalization. The
problem is that commodities, and the related price risks, are held in a variety
of ways -- long futures positions, over-the-counter investments, long-term
fixed-price purchasing contracts, physical inventory at the producer, etc. --
making a complete accounting of capital dedicated to holding commodities from
the time they are produced to the time they are consumed infeasible. A simple
way to achieve a close analogue to true market capitalization, abstracting from
differences in inventory patterns, is to note that the net long position of the
economy is proportional to the quantity produced -- hence, production weighting.

A Broad Spectrum of Commodities

The S&P GSCI contains as many commodities as possible, with the rules excluding
commodities only to retain liquidity and investability in the underlying futures
markets. Currently, the S&P GSCI contains 24 commodities from all commodity
sectors: six energy products, five industrial metals, eight agricultural
products, three livestock products and two precious metals. This broad range of
constituent commodities provides the S&P GSCI with a high level of
diversification both across subsectors and within each subsector. This diversity
minimizes the effects of highly idiosyncratic events, which have large
implications for the individual commodity markets, but are muted when aggregated
to the level of the S&P GSCI.

Together, the diversity of its constituent commodities and their economic
weighting allow the S&P GSCI to respond in a stable way to world economic
growth, even as the composition of global growth changes through time. When
world growth is dominated by industrialized economies, the metals sector of the
S&P GSCI generally responds more than the agricultural components. Similarly,
when emerging markets dominate world growth, agricultural and petroleum-based
commodities generally respond the most. Thus, for example, an index that
significantly underweights agriculture would significantly underperform in a
global economy with weak OECD and strong emerging markets growth, much like a
stock index that only contained industrials would provide a misleading picture
of a service-led economy.

Liquidity Constraints for Inclusion and Return Calculations

Individual commodities are screened by liquidity for inclusion in the S&P GSCI.
The eligibility requirements are designed to promote cost-effective
implementation and true investability. Underlying liquidity eases hedging of
derivative products and investing in subsector or individual commodity overlays.
Furthermore, liquidity in the underlying futures markets facilitates the
discovery of true market prices for the components of the S&P GSCI.

S&P GSCI returns are calculated based on the arithmetic average of stable long
positions in futures contracts. This methodology, along with the liquidity in
the underlying markets, allows easy implementation of the portfolio of futures
contracts that the S&P GSCI represents. These characteristics of the S&P GSCI
are designed to allow for efficient and relatively inexpensive arbitrage of
publicly-traded S&P GSCI-related instruments such as the CME futures contract.

Historical Performance of the S&P GSCI Commodity Index

The following table presents the returns of the S&P GSCI for the periods
presented. The returns do not reflect any deductions for fees or expenses to
which the Fund will be subject. Past returns and the S&P GSCI may not be
indicative of its future performance. Among other things, the performance of the
S&P GSCI is likely to vary significantly based on the economy in general and
inflation in particular. Additionally, because 50% of the Fund's benchmark is
comprised of indexes other than the S&P GSCI, the performance of the Fund will
differ from the S&P GSCI.

              Year Ended December 31,           Annual Performance of S&P GSCI
              -----------------------           ------------------------------


              2007                                               32.67%
              2006                                              (15.09%)
              2005                                               25.55%
              2004                                               17.28%
              2003                                               20.72%
              2002                                               32.07%
              2001                                              (31.93%)
              2000                                               49.74%
              1999                                               40.92%
              1998                                              (35.75%)



Returns for 2003-2005 have been largely dependent on increases in oil prices,
which have been substantial. Increases of this size may not be repeated in the
future. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.


The following is a chart of the various types of securities and investment
strategies employed by the Fund. Unless otherwise indicated, the Fund is not
obligated to pursue any of the following strategies and does not represent that
these techniques are available now or will be available at any time in the
future. If the Fund's investment in a particular type of security is limited to
a certain percentage of the Fund's assets, that percentage limitation is listed
in the chart. Following the chart, there is a description of how each type of
security and investment strategy may be used by the Fund. As a matter of
nonfundamental operating policy, the Fund may be subject to additional
restrictions. See the section entitled "Investment Restrictions."


Summary of Investment Practices

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|    Permitted without stated limit
o    Permitted without stated limited, but not expected to be used to a significant extent

Roman type (e.g.  20%) represents an investment  limitation as a percentage of total fund assets;  does not indicate
actual use

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EQUITY SECURITIES
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DERIVATIVE SECURITIES (OPTIONS)
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Options on Securities and Commodities Indices                                   |
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Options on Non-US Securities and Commodities Indices                            |
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Futures Contracts on Securities and Commodities Indices                         |
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Options  on  Futures   Contracts   (including   Contracts  on  Securities  and  |
Commodities Indices)
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DERIVATIVE SECURITIES (SWAPS)
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Foreign Securities & Depository Receipts (ADRs, EDRs, GDRs and IDRs)            o
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Investments in Emerging Markets                                                 30%
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CURRENCY MANAGEMENT
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Currency Exchange Transactions                                                  |
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Currency Hedging Transactions                                                   |
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Cross Hedging                                                                   |
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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts                                             |
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Options on Foreign Currencies                                                   |
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ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS AND RISK FACTORS
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Asset Coverage                                                                  |
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Investment Restrictions on Futures Transactions                                 o
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Non-US Securities                                                               |
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OTHER INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT PRACTICES
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Illiquid Securities                                                             15%
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TBA Commitments                                                                 o
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When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities                                     15%
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Repurchase Agreements                                                           o
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Reverse Repurchase Agreements                                                   o
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Mortgage Dollar Rolls                                                           o
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Lending of Fund Securities                                                      33 1/3%

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Borrowing                                                                         a)  fundamental policy -- 33%
                                                                                  b)  operating policy -- 5%
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Short Sales                                                                     o
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Hedging Strategies                                                              |
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Other Investment Companies                                                      10%
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Temporary Defensive Investments                                                 100%
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Reserve Assets                                                                  o
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Indexed Securities                                                              o
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*        The Fund has not invested in commodity linked swaps and does not intend
         to invest in them in the future.

The Fund is not obligated to pursue any of the following strategies and does not
represent that these techniques are available now or will be available at any
time in the future.

Portfolio Holdings Information


In addition to the public disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings through required
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") quarterly filings, the Fund may make
its portfolio holdings information publicly available on the DWS Funds' Web site
as described in the Fund's prospectus. The Fund does not disseminate non-public
information about portfolio holdings except in accordance with policies and
procedures adopted by the Fund.

The Fund's procedures permit non-public portfolio holdings information to be
shared with Deutsche Asset Management and its affiliates (collectively "DeAM"),
subadvisors, if any, custodians, independent registered public accounting firms,
attorneys, officers and trustees/directors and each of their respective
affiliates and advisers who require access to this information to fulfill their
duties to the Fund and are subject to the duties of confidentiality, including
the duty not to trade on non-public information, imposed by law or contract, or
by the Fund's procedures. This non-public information may also be disclosed,
subject to the requirements described below, to certain third parties, such as
securities lending agents, financial printers, proxy voting firms, mutual fund
analysts and rating and tracking agencies, or to shareholders in connection with
in-kind redemptions (collectively, "Authorized Third Parties").

Prior to any disclosure of the Fund's non-public portfolio holdings information
to Authorized Third Parties, a person authorized by the Fund's Trustees must
make a good faith determination in light of the facts then known that the Fund
has a legitimate business purpose for providing the information, that the
disclosure is in the best interests of the Fund, and that the recipient assents
or otherwise has a duty to keep the information confidential and to not trade
based on the information received while the information remains non-public. No
compensation is received by the Fund or DeAM for disclosing non-public holdings
information. Periodic reports regarding these procedures will be provided to the
Fund's Trustees.

Portfolio holdings information distributed by the trading desks of DeAM or a
subadvisor for the purpose of facilitating efficient trading of such securities
and receipt of relevant research is not subject to the foregoing requirements.
Non-public portfolio holding information does not include portfolio
characteristics (other than holdings or subsets of holdings) about the Fund and
information derived therefrom, including, but not limited to, how the Fund's
investments are divided among various sectors, industries, countries, value and
growth stocks, bonds, currencies and cash, types of bonds, bond maturities,
duration, bond coupons and bond credit quality ratings so long as the Fund's
holdings could not be derived from such information.




Registered investment companies that are subadvised by DeAM may be subject to
different portfolio holdings disclosure policies, and neither DeAM nor the
Fund's Trustees exercise control over such policies. In addition, separate
account clients of DeAM have access to their portfolio holdings and are not
subject to the Fund's portfolio holdings disclosure policy. The portfolio
holdings of some of the funds subadvised by DeAM and some of the separate
accounts managed by DeAM may substantially overlap with the portfolio holdings
of the Fund.

DeAM also manages certain unregistered commingled trusts and creates model
portfolios, the portfolio holdings of which may substantially overlap with the
portfolio holdings of the Fund. To the extent that investors in these commingled
trusts or recipients of model portfolio holdings information may receive
portfolio holdings information of their trust or of a model portfolio on a
different basis from that on which fund portfolio holdings information is made
public, DeAM has implemented procedures reasonably designed to encourage such
investors and recipients to keep such information confidential, and to prevent
those investors from trading on the basis of non-public holdings information.

There is no assurance that the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to
the disclosure of portfolio holdings information will protect the Fund from the
potential misuse of portfolio holdings information by those in possession of
that information.

                             MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

Investment Advisor


DIMA, which is part of DeAM, is the investment advisor for the Fund. Under the
supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, with headquarters at 345 Park
Avenue, New York, New York, DIMA makes the Fund's investment decisions, buys and
sells securities for the Fund and conducts research that leads to these purchase
and sale decisions. The Advisor manages the Fund's daily investment and business
affairs subject to the policies established by the Trust's Board of Trustees.
DIMA and its predecessors have more than 80 years of experience managing mutual
funds and provide a full range of investment advisory services to institutional
and retail clients. The Fund's investment advisor is also responsible for
selecting brokers and dealers and for negotiating brokerage commissions and
dealer charges.

DeAM is the marketing name in the US for the asset management activities of
Deutsche Bank AG, DIMA, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and DWS Trust
Company. DeAM is a global asset management organization that offers a wide range
of investing expertise and resources, including hundreds of portfolio managers
and analysts and an office network that reaches the world's major investment
centers. This well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide
variety of experience and investment insight, across industries, regions, asset
classes and investing styles. DIMA is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of
Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is
engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment management,
mutual fund, retail, private and commercial banking, investment banking and
insurance. DWS Investments is part of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division
and, within the US, represents the retail asset management activities of
Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Deutsche Investment
Management Americas Inc. and DWS Trust Company.


The Advisor provides investment counsel for many individuals and institutions,
including insurance companies, industrial corporations, and financial and
banking organizations, as well as providing investment advice to open- and
closed-end SEC registered funds.

The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals, each of whom plays an
important role in the Fund's management process. Team members work together to
develop investment strategies and select securities for the Fund's portfolio.
This team works for the Advisor or its affiliates and is supported by a large
staff of economists, research analysts, traders and other investment
specialists. The Advisor or its affiliates believe(s) its team approach benefits
fund investors by bringing together many disciplines and leveraging its
extensive resources. Team members with primary responsibility for management of
the Fund, as well as team members who have other ongoing management
responsibilities for the Fund, are identified in the Fund's prospectus, as of
the date of the Fund's prospectus. Composition of the team may change over time,
and fund shareholders and investors will be notified of changes affecting
individuals with primary fund management responsibility.


Pursuant to the investment management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor
(the "Investment Management Agreement") the Advisor provides continuing
investment management of the assets of the Fund. In addition to the investment
management of the assets of the Fund, the Advisor determines the investments to
be made for the Fund, including what portion of its assets remain uninvested in
cash or cash equivalents, and with whom the orders for investments are placed,
consistent with the Fund's policies as stated in its prospectus and SAI, or as
adopted by the Fund's Board. The Advisor will also monitor, to the extent not
monitored by the Fund's administrator or other agent, the Fund's compliance with
its investment and tax guidelines and other compliance policies.


The Advisor provides assistance to the Fund's Board in valuing the securities
and other instruments held by the Fund, to the extent reasonably required by
valuation policies and procedures that may be adopted by the Fund.

Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, (unless otherwise provided in
the agreement or as determined by the Fund's Board and to the extent permitted
by applicable law), the Advisor pays the compensation and expenses of all the
Board members, officers, and executive employees of the Fund, including the
Fund's share of payroll taxes, who are affiliated persons of the Advisor.

The Investment Management Agreement provides that the Fund is generally
responsible for expenses that include: fees payable to the Advisor; outside
legal, accounting or auditing expenses, including with respect to expenses
related to negotiation, acquisition or distribution of portfolio investments;
maintenance of books and records that are maintained by the Fund, the Fund's
custodian, or other agents of the Fund; taxes and governmental fees; fees and
expenses of the Fund's accounting agent, custodian, sub-custodians,
depositories, transfer agents, dividend reimbursing agents and registrars;
payment for portfolio pricing or valuation services to pricing agents,
accountants, bankers and other specialists, if any; brokerage commissions or
other costs of acquiring or disposing of any portfolio securities or other
instruments of the Fund; and litigation expenses and other extraordinary
expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business.

The Investment Management Agreement allows the Advisor to delegate any of its
duties under the Agreement to a subadvisor, subject to a majority vote of the
Board of the Fund, including a majority of the Board who are not interested
persons of the Fund, and, if required by applicable law, subject to a majority
vote of the Fund's shareholders.

The Investment Management Agreement provides that the Advisor shall not be
liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by
the Fund in connection with matters to which the agreement relates, except a
loss resulting from willful malfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the
part of the Advisor in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard
by the Advisor of its obligations and duties under the agreement. The Investment
Management Agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of penalty,
by either party or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the Fund on 60 days' written notice.

The Board and shareholders have approved a subadvisor approval policy for the
Fund (the "Subadvisor Approval Policy"). The Subadvisor Approval Policy permits
the Advisor, subject to the approval of the Board, including a majority of its
independent board members, to appoint and replace subadvisors and to amend
sub-advisory contracts without obtaining shareholder approval. Under the
Subadvisor Approval Policy, the Board, including its independent board members,
will continue to evaluate and approve all new sub-advisory contracts between the
Advisor and any subadvisor, as well as all changes to any existing sub-advisory
contract. The Fund cannot implement the Subadvisor Approval Policy without the
SEC either adopting revisions to current rules (as it proposed to do in October
2003) or granting the Fund exemptive relief from existing rules. The Fund and
the Advisor would be subject to certain conditions imposed by the SEC (and
certain conditions that may be imposed in the future within either exemptive
relief or a rule) to ensure that the interests of the Fund and its shareholders
are adequately protected whenever the Advisor acts under the Subadvisor Approval
Policy, including any shareholder notice requirements.

The Fund pays the Advisor an annual advisory fee equal to 0.950% for the first
$500 million of average daily net assets, 0.900% on the next $500 million of net
assets, and 0.850% thereafter. The fee is accrued daily and payable monthly,
provided that the Fund will make such interim payments as may be requested by
the Advisor not to exceed 75% of the amount of the fee then accrued on the books
of the Fund and unpaid. All of the Fund's expenses are paid out of gross
investment income.


The advisory fee paid by the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 was
$3,881,715, which was equivalent to an annualized effective rate of 0.95% of the
Fund's daily net assets.


The advisory fee paid by the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 was
$2,417,745. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, the Advisor waived $69,593
of management fees, which was equivalent to an annualized effective rate of
0.92% of the Fund's daily net assets.

The advisory fee paid by the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 was
$1,355,437. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, the Advisor waived $426,968
of management fees, which was equivalent to an annualized effective rate of
0.65% of the Fund's daily net assets.




Through September 30, 2009, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive all or
a portion of its management fees and reimburse or pay operating expenses of the
Fund to the extent necessary to maintain the Fund's operating expenses at ratios
no higher than 1.30% for Class S shares,. These limitations exclude certain
expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest.

In reviewing the terms of the Investment Management Agreement and in discussions
with the Advisor concerning such Investment Management Agreement, the Trustees
of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Advisor are represented by
independent counsel at the Fund's expense.


The Advisor may enter into arrangements with affiliates and third party service
providers to perform various administrative, back-office and other services
relating to client accounts. Such service providers may be located in the US or
in non-US jurisdictions.

Compensation of Portfolio Managers


Portfolio managers are eligible for total compensation comprised of base salary
and discretionary incentive compensation.

Base Salary - Base salary generally represents a smaller percentage of portfolio
managers' total compensation than discretionary incentive compensation. Base
salary is linked to job function, responsibilities and financial services
industry peer comparison through the use of extensive market data surveys.

Discretionary Incentive Compensation - Generally, discretionary incentive
compensation comprises a greater proportion of total compensation as a portfolio
manager's seniority and compensation levels increase. Discretionary incentive
compensation is determined based on an analysis of a number of factors,
including among other things, the performance of Deutsche Bank, the performance
of the Asset Management division, and the employee's individual contribution. In
evaluating individual contribution, management will consider a combination of
quantitative and qualitative factors. A portion of the portfolio manager's
discretionary incentive compensation may be delivered in long-term equity
programs (usually in the form of Deutsche Bank equity) (the "Equity Plan"). Top
performing portfolio managers may earn discretionary incentive compensation that
is a multiple of their base salary.

o        The quantitative analysis of a portfolio manager's individual
         performance is based on, among other factors, performance of all of the
         accounts managed by the portfolio manager (which includes the fund and
         any other accounts managed by the portfolio manager) over a one-,
         three-, and five-year period relative to the appropriate Morningstar
         and Lipper peer group universes and/or benchmark index(es) with respect
         to each account. Additionally, the portfolio manager's
         retail/institutional asset mix is weighted, as appropriate for
         evaluation purposes. Generally the benchmark index used is a benchmark
         index set forth in the fund's prospectus to which the fund's
         performance is compared. Additional or different appropriate peer group
         or benchmark indices may also be used. Primary weight is given to
         pre-tax portfolio performance over three-year and five-year time
         periods (adjusted as appropriate if the portfolio manager has served
         for less than five years) with lesser consideration given to portfolio
         performance over a one-year period. The increase or decrease in a
         fund's assets due to the purchase or sale of fund shares is not
         considered a material factor.

o        The qualitative analysis of a portfolio manager's individual
         performance is based on, among other things, the results of an annual
         management and internal peer review process, and management's
         assessment of overall portfolio manager contributions to investor
         relations, the investment process and overall performance (distinct
         from fund and other account performance). Other factors, including
         contributions made to the investment team, as well as adherence to
         Compliance Policies and Procedures, Risk Management procedures, the
         firm's Code of Ethics and "living the values" of the Advisor are also
         factors.

The quantitative analysis of a portfolio manager's performance is given more
weight in determining discretionary incentive compensation than the qualitative
portion.

Certain portfolio managers may also participate in the Equity Plan. The amount
of equity awarded under the long-term equity programs is generally based on the
individual's total compensation package and may comprise from 0% to 30% of the
total compensation award. As discretionary incentive compensation increases, the
percentage of compensation awarded in Deutsche Bank equity also increases.
Portfolio managers may receive a portion of their equity compensation in the
form of shares in the proprietary mutual funds that they manage or support.

Fund Ownership of Portfolio Managers

The following table shows the dollar range of shares owned beneficially and of
record by each member of the Fund's portfolio management team in the Fund as
well as in all DWS Funds as a group (i.e., those funds advised by Deutsche Asset
Management or its affiliates), including investments by their immediate family
members sharing the same household and amounts invested through retirement and
deferred compensation plans. This information is provided as of the Fund's most
recent fiscal year end.

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                                                      Dollar Range of                 Dollar Range of All DWS
Name of Portfolio Manager                            Fund Shares Owned                   Fund Shares Owned
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<S>                                                       <C>                                   <C>
Jeffrey Saeger                                         $1 - $10,000                     $100,001 - $500,000
Terence P. Brennan                                     $1 - $10,000                     $100,001 - $500,000
Theresa Gusman                                              $0                         $500,001 - $1,000,000

Conflicts of Interest

In addition to managing the assets of the Fund, the Fund's portfolio managers
may have responsibility for managing other client accounts of the Advisor or its
affiliates. The tables below show, for each portfolio manager, the number and
asset size of (1) SEC registered investment companies (or series thereof) other
than the Fund, (2) pooled investment vehicles that are not registered investment
companies and (3) other accounts (e.g., accounts managed for individuals or
organizations) managed by each portfolio manager. Total assets attributed to
each portfolio manager in the tables below include total assets of each account
managed by them, although the manager may only manage a portion of such
account's assets. The tables also show the number of performance based fee
accounts, as well as the total assets of the accounts for which the advisory fee
is based on the performance of the account. This information is provided as of
the Fund's most recent fiscal year end.

Other SEC Registered Investment Companies Managed:

                                                                                 Number of
                                       Number of        Total Assets of         Investment          Total Assets of
                                      Registered          Registered         Company Accounts        Performance-
                                      Investment          Investment         with Performance-         Based Fee
Name of Portfolio Manager              Companies           Companies             Based Fee             Accounts
-------------------------              ---------           ---------             ---------             --------

Jeffrey Saeger                             1              $463,433,648               0                    $0
Terence P. Brennan                         1              $463,433,648               0                    $0
Theresa Gusman                             1              $463,433,648               0                    $0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed:

                                                                              Number of Pooled
                                                                                 Investment
                                      Number of                               Vehicle Accounts      Total Assets of
                                       Pooled          Total Assets of              with             Performance-
                                     Investment       Pooled Investment         Performance-           Based Fee
Name of Portfolio Manager             Vehicles             Vehicles              Based Fee             Accounts
-------------------------             --------             --------              ---------             --------

Jeffrey Saeger                            5               $245,609,056               0                    $0
Terence P. Brennan                        5               $245,609,056               0                    $0
Theresa Gusman                            5               $245,609,056               0                    $0

Other Accounts Managed:

                                                                                 Number of
                                                                               Other Accounts       Total Assets of
                                      Number of                                     with             Performance-
                                        Other          Total Assets of          Performance-           Based Fee
Name of Portfolio Manager             Accounts          Other Accounts           Based Fee             Accounts
-------------------------             --------          --------------           ---------             --------

Jeffrey Saeger                            4               $815,213,312               0                    $0
Terence P. Brennan                        4               $815,213,312               0                    $0
Theresa Gusman                            4               $815,213,312               0                    $0
</TABLE>

In addition to the accounts above, an investment professional may manage
accounts in a personal capacity that may include holdings that are similar to,
or the same as, those of the Fund. The Advisor has in place a Code of Ethics
that is designed to address conflicts of interest and that, among other things,
imposes restrictions on the ability of portfolio managers and other "access
persons" to invest in securities that may be recommended or traded in the Fund
and other client accounts.

Real, potential or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio
manager has day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities with respect to
more than one fund or account, including the following:

o        Certain investments may be appropriate for the Fund and also for other
         clients advised by the Advisor, including other client accounts managed
         by the Fund's portfolio management team. Investment decisions for the
         Fund and other clients are made with a view to achieving their
         respective investment objectives and after consideration of such
         factors as their current holdings, availability of cash for investment
         and the size of their investments generally. A particular security may
         be bought or sold for only one client or in different amounts and at
         different times for more than one but less than all clients. Likewise,
         because clients of the Advisor may have differing investment
         strategies, a particular security may be bought for one or more clients
         when one or more other clients are selling the security. The investment
         results achieved for the Fund may differ from the results achieved for
         other clients of the Advisor. In addition, purchases or sales of the
         same security may be made for two or more clients on the same day. In
         such event, such transactions will be allocated among the clients in a
         manner believed by the Advisor to be most equitable to each client,
         generally utilizing a pro rata allocation methodology. In some cases,
         the allocation procedure could potentially have an adverse effect or
         positive effect on the price or amount of the securities purchased or
         sold by the Fund. Purchase and sale orders for the Fund may be combined
         with those of other clients of the Advisor in the interest of achieving
         the most favorable net results to the Fund and the other clients.

o        To the extent that a portfolio manager has responsibilities for
         managing multiple client accounts, a portfolio manager will need to
         divide time and attention among relevant accounts. The Advisor attempts
         to minimize these conflicts by aligning its portfolio management teams
         by investment strategy and by employing similar investment models
         across multiple client accounts.

o        In some cases, an apparent conflict may arise where the Advisor has an
         incentive, such as a performance-based fee, in managing one account and
         not with respect to other accounts it manages. The Advisor will not
         determine allocations based on whether it receives a performance-based
         fee from the client. Additionally, the Advisor has in place supervisory
         oversight processes to periodically monitor performance deviations for
         accounts with like strategies.

o        The Advisor and its affiliates and the investment team of the Funds may
         manage other mutual funds and separate accounts on a long-short basis.
         The simultaneous management of long and short portfolios creates
         potential conflicts of interest including the risk that short sale
         activity could adversely affect the market value of the long positions
         (and vice versa), the risk arising from sequential orders in long and
         short positions, and the risks associated with receiving opposing
         orders at the same time. The Advisor has adopted procedures that it
         believes are reasonably designed to mitigate these potential conflicts
         of interest. Included in these procedures are specific guidelines
         developed to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all clients whose
         accounts are managed by each Fund's portfolio management team. The
         Advisor and the portfolio management team have established monitoring
         procedures, a protocol for supervisory reviews, as well as compliance
         oversight to ensure that potential conflicts of interest relating to
         this type of activity are properly addressed.

The Advisor is owned by Deutsche Bank AG, a multi-national financial services
company. Therefore, the Advisor is affiliated with a variety of entities that
provide, and/or engage in commercial banking, insurance, brokerage, investment
banking, financial advisory, broker-dealer activities (including sales and
trading), hedge funds, real estate and private equity investing, in addition to
the provision of investment management services to institutional and individual
investors. Since Deutsche Bank AG, its affiliates, directors, officers and
employees (the "Firm") are engaged in businesses and have interests other than
managing asset management accounts, such other activities involve real,
potential or apparent conflicts of interest. These interests and activities
include potential advisory, transactional and financial activities and other
interests in securities and companies that may be directly or indirectly
purchased or sold by the Firm for its clients' advisory accounts. These are
considerations of which advisory clients should be aware and which may cause
conflicts that could be to the disadvantage of the Advisor's advisory clients.
The Advisor has instituted business and compliance policies, procedures and
disclosures that are designed to identify, monitor and mitigate conflicts of
interest and, as appropriate, to report them to the Fund's Board.




Code of Ethics

The Trust, the Advisor and the Fund's principal underwriter have each adopted
codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act. Board Members, officers of
the Trust and employees of the Advisor and principal underwriter are permitted
to make personal securities transactions, including transactions in securities
that may be purchased or held by the Fund, subject to requirements and
restrictions set forth in the applicable Code of Ethics. The Advisor's Codes of
Ethics contains provisions and requirements designed to identify and address
certain conflicts of interest between personal investment activities and the
interests of the Fund. Among other things, the Advisor's Code of Ethics
prohibits certain types of transactions absent prior approval, imposes time
periods during which personal transactions may not be made in certain
securities, and requires the submission of duplicate broker confirmations and
quarterly reporting of securities transactions. Additional restrictions apply to
portfolio managers, traders, research analysts and others involved in the
investment advisory process. Exceptions to these and other provisions of the
Advisor's Code of Ethics may be granted in particular circumstances after review
by appropriate personnel.


Regulatory Matters and Legal Proceedings

On December 21, 2006, Deutsche Asset Management ("DeAM") settled proceedings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the New York Attorney
General on behalf of Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("DAMI") and DIMA, the
investment advisors to many of the DWS Investments funds, regarding allegations
of improper trading of fund shares at DeAM and at the legacy Scudder and Kemper
organizations prior to their acquisition by DeAM in April 2002. These regulators
alleged that although the prospectuses for certain funds in the regulators' view
indicated that the funds did not permit market timing, DAMI and DIMA breached
their fiduciary duty to those funds in that their efforts to limit trading
activity in the funds were not effective at certain times. The regulators also
alleged that DAMI and DIMA breached their fiduciary duty to certain funds by
entering into certain market timing arrangements with investors. These trading
arrangements originated in businesses that existed prior to the currently
constituted DeAM organization, which came together as a result of various
mergers of the legacy Scudder, Kemper and Deutsche fund groups, and all of the
arrangements were terminated prior to the start of the regulatory investigations
that began in the summer of 2003. No current DeAM employee approved these
trading arrangements. Under the terms of the settlements, DAMI and DIMA neither
admitted nor denied any wrongdoing.

The terms of the SEC settlement, which identified improper trading in the legacy
Deutsche and Kemper mutual funds only, provide for payment of disgorgement in
the amount of $17.2 million. The terms of the settlement with the New York
Attorney General provide for payment of disgorgement in the amount of $102.3
million, which is inclusive of the amount payable under the SEC settlement, plus
a civil penalty in the amount of $20 million. The total amount payable by DeAM,
approximately $122.3 million, will be distributed to shareholders of the
affected funds in accordance with a distribution plan to be developed by a
distribution consultant. The funds' investment advisors do not believe these
amounts will have a material adverse financial impact on them or materially
affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements
with the DWS funds. The above-described amounts are not material to Deutsche
Bank, and have already been reserved.

Among the terms of the settled orders, DeAM is subject to certain undertakings
regarding the conduct of its business in the future, including formation of a
Code of Ethics Oversight Committee to oversee all matters relating to issues
arising under the advisors' Code of Ethics; establishment of an Internal
Compliance Controls Committee having overall compliance oversight responsibility
of the advisors; engagement of an Independent Compliance Consultant to conduct a
comprehensive review of the advisors' supervisory compliance and other policies
and procedures designed to prevent and detect breaches of fiduciary duty,
breaches of the Code of Ethics and federal securities law violations by the
advisors and their employees; and commencing in 2008, the advisors shall undergo
a compliance review by an independent third party.

In addition, DeAM is subject to certain further undertakings relating to the
governance of the mutual funds, including that at least 75% of the members of
the Boards of Trustees/Directors overseeing the DWS Funds continue to be
independent of DeAM; the Chairmen of the DWS Funds' Boards of Trustees/Directors
continue to be independent of DeAM; DeAM maintain existing management fee
reductions for certain funds for a period of five years and not increase
management fees for these certain funds during this period; the funds retain a
senior officer (or independent consultants, as applicable) responsible for
assisting in the review of fee arrangements and monitoring compliance by the
funds and the investment advisors with securities laws, fiduciary duties, codes
of ethics and other compliance policies, the expense of which shall be borne by
DeAM; and periodic account statements, fund prospectuses and the mutual funds'
web site contain additional disclosure and/or tools that assist investors in
understanding the fees and costs associated with an investment in the funds and
the impact of fees and expenses on fund returns.

DeAM has also settled proceedings with the Illinois Secretary of State regarding
market timing matters. The terms of the Illinois settlement provide for investor
education contributions totaling approximately $4 million and a payment in the
amount of $2 million to the Securities Audit and Enforcement Fund.

On September 28, 2006, the SEC and the National Association of Securities
Dealers ("NASD") (now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or
"FINRA") announced final agreements in which Deutsche Investment Management
Americas Inc. ("DIMA"), Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("DAMI") and DWS Scudder
Distributors, Inc. (now known as DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. ("DIDI"))
settled administrative proceedings regarding disclosure of brokerage allocation
practices in connection with sales of the DWS Funds' (now known as the DWS
Investments Funds) shares during 2001-2003. The agreements with the SEC and NASD
are reflected in orders which state, among other things, that DIMA and DAMI
failed to disclose potential conflicts of interest to the funds' Boards and to
shareholders relating to DIDI's use of certain funds' brokerage commissions to
reduce revenue sharing costs to broker-dealer firms with whom it had
arrangements to market and distribute DWS Fund shares. These directed brokerage
practices were discontinued in October 2003.

Under the terms of the settlements, in which DIMA, DAMI and DIDI neither
admitted nor denied any of the regulators' findings, DIMA, DAMI and DIDI agreed
to pay disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties in the total
amount of $19.3 million. The portion of the settlements distributed to the funds
was approximately $17.8 million and was paid to the funds as prescribed by the
settlement orders based upon the amount of brokerage commissions from each fund
used to satisfy revenue sharing agreements with broker-dealers who sold fund
shares.

As part of the settlements, DIMA, DAMI and DIDI also agreed to implement certain
measures and undertakings relating to revenue sharing payments including making
additional disclosures in the funds' prospectuses or Statements of Additional
Information, adopting or modifying relevant policies and procedures and
providing regular reporting to the fund Boards.

Additional information announced by DeAM regarding the terms of the settlements
is available at www.dws-investments.com/regulatory_settlements.

The matters alleged in the regulatory settlements described above also serve as
the general basis of a number of private class action lawsuits involving the DWS
funds. These lawsuits name as defendants various persons, including certain DWS
funds, the funds' investment advisors and their affiliates, and certain
individuals, including in some cases fund Trustees/Directors, officers, and
other parties. Each DWS fund's investment advisor has agreed to indemnify the
applicable DWS funds in connection with these lawsuits, or other lawsuits or
regulatory actions that may be filed making similar allegations.

Based on currently available information, the funds' investment advisors believe
the likelihood that the pending lawsuits will have a material adverse financial
impact on a DWS fund is remote and such actions are not likely to materially
affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements
with the DWS funds.




                             FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Administrator


Under an administration agreement dated July 1, 2001, as amended December 14,
2004, Investment Company Capital Corp. ("ICCC") calculated the net asset value
of the Fund and generally assisted the Board of Trustees in all aspects of the
administration and operation of the Fund. The Administration Agreement provided
for the Fund to pay ICCC a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal on an
annual basis to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class S shares.


For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, ICCC was entitled to receive an
administrative fee aggregating $554,757 from the Fund of which an amount of
$487,028 was waived by ICCC.

Effective July 1, 2006, the Fund entered into a new administrative services
agreement with the Advisor (the "Administrative Services Agreement"), pursuant
to which the Advisor provides all administrative services to the Fund,
including, among others, providing the Fund with personnel, preparing and making
required filings on behalf of the Fund, maintaining books and records for the
Fund, and monitoring the valuation of Fund securities. For all services provided
under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Fund pays the Advisor a fee of
0.100% of the Fund's average daily net assets.


For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, the Advisor received an administrative
fee of $409,043 from the Fund of which $46,424 is unpaid.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, the Advisor received an administrative
fee of $254,499 from the Fund of which $24,682 is unpaid.

Under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Advisor is obligated on a
continuous basis to provide such administrative services as the Board of the
Fund reasonably deems necessary for the proper administration of the Fund. The
Advisor provides the Fund with personnel; arranges for the preparation and
filing of the Fund's tax returns; prepares and submits reports and meeting
materials to the Board and the shareholders; prepares and files updates to the
Fund's prospectus and SAI as well as other reports required to be filed by the
SEC; maintains the Fund's records; provides the Fund with office space,
equipment and services; supervises, negotiates the contracts of and monitors the
performance of third parties contractors; oversees the tabulation of proxies;
monitors the valuation of portfolio securities and monitors compliance with
Board-approved valuation procedures; assists in establishing the accounting and
tax policies of the Fund; assists in the resolution of accounting issues that
may arise with respect to the Fund; establishes and monitors the Fund's
operating expense budgets; reviews and processes the Fund's bills; assists in
determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by
the Fund, prepares and arranges dividend notifications and provides information
to agents to effect payments thereof; provides to the Board periodic and special
reports; provides assistance with investor and public relations matters; and
monitors the registration of shares under applicable federal and state law. The
Advisor also performs certain fund accounting services under the Administrative
Services Agreement. The Administrative Services Agreement provides that the
Advisor will not be liable under the Administrative Services Agreement except
for willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its
duties or from the reckless disregard by it of its duties and obligations
thereunder.


The fees paid by the Fund to the Advisor pursuant to the Administrative Services
Agreement are reduced by the amount of any credits received from the Fund's
custodian for cash balances.


Pursuant to an agreement between the Administrator and State Street Bank and
Trust Company ("SSB"), the Administrator has delegated certain administrative
functions to SSB. The costs and expenses of such delegation are borne by the
Administrator, not by the Fund.

Pursuant to DeAM procedures approved by the Boards on behalf of the DWS funds,
proof of claim forms are routinely filed on behalf of the DWS funds by a third
party service provider, with certain limited exceptions. The Boards of the DWS
funds receive periodic reports regarding the implementation of these procedures.




Distributor


Pursuant to a Distribution Agreement ("Distribution Agreement"), DWS Investments
Distributors, Inc. ("DIDI"), 222 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606,
an affiliate of the Advisor, is the principal underwriter and distributor for
the Class S shares of the Fund and acts as agent of the Fund in the continuous
offering of its shares. The Distribution Agreement for the Trust dated August
19, 2002, and amended effective December 14, 2004, was last approved by the
Trustees on September 19, 2008. The Distribution Agreement continues in effect
for an initial period of two years and then from year to year thereafter only if
its continuance is approved for each class at least annually by a vote of the
Board members of the Fund, including the Trustees who are not interested persons
of the Fund and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the
Distribution Agreement.

The Distribution Agreement provides that the Distributor shall: (i) use
reasonable efforts to sell shares upon the terms and conditions contained in
Distribution Agreement and the Fund's then-current prospectus; (ii) use its best
efforts to conform with the requirements of all federal and state laws relating
to the sale of the Shares; (iii) adopt and follow procedures as may be necessary
to comply with the requirements of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. and any other applicable self-regulatory organization; (iv)
perform its duties under the supervision of and in accordance with the
directives of the Fund's Board of Trustees and the Fund's Declaration of Trust
and By-Laws; and (v) provide the Fund's Board of Trustees with a written report
of the amounts expended in connection with the Distribution Agreement. The
Distributor shall devote reasonable time and effort to effect sales of Shares
but shall not be obligated to sell any specific number of Shares. The services
of the Distributor are not exclusive and the Distributor shall not be liable to
the Fund or its shareholders for any error of judgment or mistake of law, for
any losses arising out of any investment, or for any action or inaction of the
Distributor in the absence of bad faith, willful misfeasance, or gross
negligence in the performance of its duties or obligations under the
Distribution Agreement or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and
obligations under the Distribution Agreement. The Distribution Agreement further
provides that the Fund and the Distributor will mutually indemnify each other
for losses relating to disclosures in the Fund's registration statement.


The Distribution Agreement may be terminated at any time upon 60 days' written
notice by the Fund, without penalty, by the vote of a majority of the Fund's
Non-Interested Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the Fund's outstanding
Shares of the related class or upon 60 day's written notice by the Distributor
and shall automatically terminate in the event of an assignment.


DIDI and certain broker-dealers ("Participating Dealers") have entered into
Sub-Distribution Agreements under which such Participating Dealers have agreed
to process investor purchase and redemption orders and respond to inquiries from
shareholders concerning the status of their accounts and the operations of the
Fund. Any Sub-Distribution Agreement may be terminated or assigned by either
party, without penalty, by the vote of a majority of the Fund's non-interested
Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Fund in the same manner as the Distribution Agreement.


Note: Although Class S does not have a 12b-1 Plan, and the Trustees have no
current intention of adopting one, the Fund will also pay those fees and
expenses permitted to be paid or assumed by the Trust pursuant to a 12b-1 Plan,
if any, adopted by the Trust, notwithstanding any other provision to the
contrary in the Distribution Agreement.

The Distributor currently offers shares of the Fund on a continuous basis to
investors in all states in which shares of the Fund may from time to time be
registered or where permitted by applicable law. The underwriting agreement
provides that the Distributor accepts orders for shares at net asset value as no
sales commission or load is charged to the investor. The Distributor has made no
firm commitment to acquire shares of the Fund.


Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman ("BBH" or the "Custodian"), 40 Water Street, Boston, MA
02109, serves as the Custodian of the Fund.

Transfer Agent

DWS Investments Service Company ("DISC" or the "Transfer Agent"), 210 W. 10th
Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1614 is the Fund's transfer agent and
dividend paying agent. DISC serves as transfer agent of the Trust and of the
Fund pursuant to a transfer agency agreement. Under its transfer agency
agreement with the Trust, DISC maintains the shareholder account records for the
Fund, handles certain communications between shareholders and the Trust and
causes to be distributed any dividends and distributions payable by the Trust.

The Transfer Agent receives an annual service fee for each account of the Fund,
based on the type of account. For open retail accounts, the fee is a flat fee
ranging from $20.00 to $27.50 per account, for open wholesale money funds the
fee is $32.50 per account, while for certain retirement accounts serviced on the
recordkeeping system of ADP, Inc., the fee is a flat fee up to $3.60 per account
(as of 2007, indexed to inflation) plus an asset based fee of up to 0.25% of
average net assets. 1/12th of the annual service charge for each account is
charged and payable to the Transfer Agent each month. A fee is charged for any
account which at any time during the month had a share balance in the Fund.
Smaller fees are also charged for closed accounts for which information must be
retained on the Transfer Agent's system for up to 18 months after closing for
tax reporting purposes.

Certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Transfer Agent, including
expenses of printing and mailing routine fund disclosure documents, costs of
record retention and transaction processing costs are reimbursed by the Fund or
are paid directly by the Fund. Certain additional out-of-pocket expenses,
including costs of computer hardware and software, third party record-keeping
and processing of proxy statements, may only be reimbursed by the Fund with the
prior approval of the Fund's Board.





Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between DISC and DST Systems, Inc.
("DST"), DISC has delegated certain transfer agent, dividend paying agent and
shareholder servicing agent functions to DST. The costs and expenses of such
delegation are borne by DISC, not by the Fund.




The Fund, or the Advisor (including any affiliate of the Advisor), or both, may
pay unaffiliated third parties for providing recordkeeping and other
administrative services with respect to accounts of participants in retirement
plans or other beneficial owners of Fund shares whose interests are generally
held in an omnibus account.

Fund Accounting Agent


Prior to July 1, 2006, ICCC retained DWS Investments Fund Accounting Corporation
("DIFA"), Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, a subsidiary of
the Advisor, as the Fund's fund accounting agent. DIFA was responsible for
determining net asset value per share and maintaining the portfolio and general
accounting records for the Fund.

Pursuant to an agreement between DIFA and SSB, DIFA had delegated certain fund
accounting functions to SSB under the fund accounting agreement. The costs and
expenses of such delegation were borne by SFAC, not by the Fund.


Legal Counsel

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
serves as legal counsel to the Fund.


Ropes & Gray LLP, One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624,
serves as co-counsel to the Independent Trustees of the Trust.

Vedder Price P.C., 222 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601, serves as
co-counsel to the Independent Trustees of the Trust.


Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 125 High Street, Boston, MA 02110, serves as the
Fund's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

                             PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS


The Advisor is generally responsible for placing the orders for the purchase and
sale of portfolio securities, including the allocation of brokerage. With
respect to those funds for which a sub-investment advisor manages the fund's
investments, references in this section to the "Advisor" should be read to mean
the Sub-Advisor, except as noted below.

The policy of the Advisor in placing orders for the purchase and sale of
securities for the Fund is to seek best execution, taking into account such
factors, among others, as price; commission (where applicable); the
broker-dealer's ability to ensure that securities will be delivered on
settlement date; the willingness of the broker-dealer to commit its capital and
purchase a thinly traded security for its own inventory; whether the
broker-dealer specializes in block orders or large program trades; the
broker-dealer's knowledge of the market and the security; the broker-dealer's
ability to maintain confidentiality; the broker-dealer's ability to provide
access to new issues; the broker-dealer's ability to provide support when
placing a difficult trade; the financial condition of the broker-dealer; and
whether the broker-dealer has the infrastructure and operational capabilities to
execute and settle the trade. The Advisor seeks to evaluate the overall
reasonableness of brokerage commissions with commissions charged on comparable
transactions and compares the brokerage commissions (if any) paid by the Fund to
reported commissions paid by others. The Advisor routinely reviews commission
rates, execution and settlement services performed and makes internal and
external comparisons.

Commission rates on transactions in equity securities on US securities exchanges
are subject to negotiation. Commission rates on transactions in equity
securities on foreign securities exchanges are generally fixed. Purchases and
sales of fixed-income securities and certain over-the-counter securities are
effected on a net basis, without the payment of brokerage commissions.
Transactions in fixed income and certain over-the-counter securities are
generally placed by the Advisor with the principal market makers for these
securities unless the Advisor reasonably believes more favorable results are
available elsewhere. Transactions with dealers serving as market makers reflect
the spread between the bid and asked prices. Purchases of underwritten issues
will include an underwriting fee paid to the underwriter. Money market
instruments are normally purchased in principal transactions directly from the
issuer or from an underwriter or market maker.

It is likely that the broker-dealers selected based on the considerations
described in this section will include firms that also sell shares of the Fund
to their customers. However, the Advisor does not consider sales of shares of
the Fund as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio
transactions for the Fund and, accordingly, has implemented policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of
shares of the Fund as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute
portfolio transactions for the Fund.

The Advisor is permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended ("1934 Act"), when placing portfolio transactions for the Fund,
to cause the Fund to pay brokerage commissions in excess of that which another
broker-dealer might charge for executing the same transaction in order to obtain
research and brokerage services if the Advisor determines that such commissions
are reasonable in relation to the overall services provided. The Advisor may
from time to time, in reliance on Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act, execute
portfolio transactions with broker-dealers that provide research and brokerage
services to the Advisor. Consistent with the Advisor's policy regarding best
execution, where more than one broker is believed to be capable of providing
best execution for a particular trade, the Advisor may take into consideration
the receipt of research and brokerage services in selecting the broker-dealer to
execute the trade. Although certain research and brokerage services from
broker-dealers may be useful to the Fund and to the Advisor, it is the opinion
of the Advisor that such information only supplements its own research effort
since the information must still be analyzed, weighed and reviewed by the
Advisor's staff. To the extent that research and brokerage services of value are
received by the Advisor, the Advisor may avoid expenses that it might otherwise
incur. Research and brokerage services received from a broker-dealer may be
useful to the Advisor and its affiliates in providing investment management
services to all or some of its clients, which includes the Fund. Services
received from broker-dealers that executed securities transactions for the Fund
will not necessarily be used by the Advisor specifically to service such Fund.

Research and brokerage services provided by broker-dealers may include, but are
not limited to, information on the economy, industries, groups of securities,
individual companies, statistical information, accounting and tax law
interpretations, political developments, legal developments affecting portfolio
securities, technical market action, pricing and appraisal services, credit
analysis, risk measurement analysis, performance analysis and measurement and
analysis of corporate responsibility issues. Research and brokerage services are
typically received in the form of written or electronic reports, access to
specialized financial publications, telephone contacts and personal meetings
with security analysts, but may also be provided in the form of access to
various computer software and meetings arranged with corporate and industry
representatives.

The Advisor may also select broker-dealers and obtain from them research and
brokerage services that are used in connection with executing trades provided
that such services are consistent with interpretations under Section 28(e) of
the 1934 Act. Typically, these services take the form of computer software
and/or electronic communication services used by the Advisor to facilitate
trading activity with those broker-dealers.

Research and brokerage services may include products obtained from third parties
if the Advisor determines that such product or service constitutes brokerage and
research as defined in Section 28(e) and interpretations thereunder. Currently,
it is the Advisor's policy that Sub-Advisors may not execute portfolio
transactions on behalf of the Funds to obtain third party research and brokerage
services. The Advisor may, in the future, change this policy. Regardless,
certain Sub-Advisors may, as matter of internal policy, limit or preclude third
party research and brokerage services.

The Advisor may use brokerage commissions to obtain certain brokerage products
or services that have a mixed use (i.e., it also serves a function that does not
relate to the investment decision-making process). In those circumstances, the
Advisor will make a good faith judgment to evaluate the various benefits and
uses to which it intends to put the mixed use product or service and will pay
for that portion of the mixed use product or service that it reasonably believes
does not constitute research and brokerage services with its own resources.

DIMA will monitor regulatory developments and market practice in the use of
client commissions to obtain research and brokerage services and may adjust its
portfolio transactions policies in response thereto.

Investment decisions for the Fund and for other investment accounts managed by
the Advisor are made independently of each other in light of differing
conditions. However, the same investment decision may be made for two or more of
such accounts. In such cases, simultaneous transactions are inevitable. To the
extent permitted by law, the Advisor may aggregate the securities to be sold or
purchased for the Fund with those to be sold or purchased for other accounts in
executing transactions. Purchases or sales are then averaged as to price and
commission and allocated as to amount in a manner deemed equitable to each
account. While in some cases this practice could have a detrimental effect on
the price paid or received by, or on the size of the position obtained or
disposed of for, the Fund, in other cases it is believed that the ability to
engage in volume transactions will be beneficial to the Fund.

DIMA and its affiliates and the Fund's management team manage other mutual funds
and separate accounts, some of which use short sales of securities as a part of
its investment strategy. The simultaneous management of long and short
portfolios creates potential conflicts of interest including the risk that short
sale activity could adversely affect the market value of the long positions (and
vice versa), the risk arising from sequential orders in long and short
positions, and the risks associated with receiving opposing orders at the same
time.

DIMA has adopted procedures that it believes are reasonably designed to mitigate
these potential conflicts of interest. Incorporated in the procedures are
specific guidelines developed to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all
clients. DIMA and the investment team have established monitoring procedures and
a protocol for supervisory reviews, as well as compliance oversight to ensure
that potential conflicts of interest relating to this type of activity are
properly addressed.

Deutsche Bank AG or one of its affiliates (or in the case of a Sub-Advisor, the
Sub-Advisor or one of its affiliates) may act as a broker for the Fund and
receive brokerage commissions or other transaction-related compensation from the
Fund in the purchase and sale of securities, options or futures contracts when,
in the judgment of the Advisor, and in accordance with procedures approved by
the Fund's Boards, the affiliated broker will be able to obtain a price and
execution at least as favorable as those obtained from other qualified brokers
and if, in the transaction, the affiliated broker charges the Fund a rate
consistent with that charged to comparable unaffiliated customers in similar
transactions.





For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Fund paid brokerage
commissions in the amount of $215,207, $322,541 and $322,142, respectively.

The Fund did not pay any affiliated brokerage commissions for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2008.

The Fund is required to identify any securities of its "regular brokers or
dealers" (as such term is defined in Rule 10b-1 of the 1940 Act) that the Fund
has acquired during the most recent fiscal year. As of June 30, 2008 the Fund
held the following securities of its regular brokers or dealers:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name of Regular Broker or Dealer or Parent (Issuer)                Value of Securities Owned as of June 30, 2008
---------------------------------------------------                ---------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                           <C>
JPMorgan Chase &Co.                                                           $127,043,000
KCB Bank NV                                                                    $94,875,000
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I                                             $17,500,000
National Australia Bank LTD                                                    $42,500,000
Nordea Bank AB                                                                 $56,905,000
Rabobank Netherland                                                            $27,500,000
Royal Bank of Canada                                                           $28,000,000
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC                                           $54,580,000
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB                                               $65,000,000
Suntrust Banks, Inc.                                                           $20,063,000

</TABLE>




                               PORTFOLIO TURNOVER


Fund turnover rate is defined by the SEC as the ratio of the lesser of sales or
purchases to the monthly average value of such securities owned during the year,
excluding all securities whose remaining maturities at the time of acquisition
were one year or less. A higher rate involves greater brokerage and transaction
expenses to a Fund and may result in the realization of net capital gains, which
would be taxable to shareholders when distributed. Purchases and sales are made
for the Fund's portfolio whenever necessary, in management's opinion, to meet a
Fund's objective.


Higher levels of activity by a fund (i.e. 100% or higher transaction costs and
may also result in taxes on realized capital gains to be borne by the Fund's
shareholders, particularly if that Fund's primary investments are equity
securities. Purchases and sales are made whenever necessary, in the Advisor's
discretion, to meet the Fund's objective.


For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the portfolio turnover rate
was 145% and 117%, respectively.


                        PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES

General Information

Policies and procedures affecting transactions in Fund shares can be changed at
any time without notice, subject to applicable law. Transactions may be
contingent upon proper completion of application forms and other documents by
shareholders and their receipt by the Fund's agents. Transaction delays in
processing (and changing account features) due to circumstances within or beyond
the control of the Fund and its agents may occur. Shareholders (or their
financial service firms) are responsible for all losses and fees resulting from
bad checks, cancelled orders or the failure to consummate transactions effected
pursuant to instructions reasonably believed to genuine.

A distribution will be reinvested in shares of the same Fund and class if the
distribution check is returned as undeliverable.


Orders will be confirmed at a price based on the net asset value of the Fund
next determined after receipt in good order by DIDI of the order accompanied by
payment. However, orders received by dealers or other financial services firms
prior to the determination of net asset value and received in good order by DIDI
prior to the determination of net asset value will be confirmed at a price based
on the net asset value next determined after receipt by DIDI ("trade date").

Additional Minimum Balance Policies. For fiduciary accounts such as IRAs, and
custodial accounts such as Uniform Gifts to Minor Act and Uniform Transfers to
Minor Act accounts, the minimum balance is $1,000 for Class S. A shareholder may
open an account with at least $1,000 ($500 for fiduciary/custodial accounts), if
an automatic investment plan (AIP) of $50/month is established. DWS Investments
group retirement plans and certain other accounts have similar or lower minimum
share balance requirements.

Shareholders with a combined household account balance in any of the DWS Funds
of $100,000 or more, as well as group retirement and certain other accounts,
will not be subject to an automatic redemption.

Fiduciary (e.g., IRA or Roth IRA) and custodial accounts (e.g., UGMA or UTMA)
with balances below $1,000 are subject to automatic redemption following 60
days' written notice to applicable shareholders.




Certificates. Share certificates will not be issued. Share certificates now in a
shareholder's possession may be sent to the Transfer Agent for cancellation and
book-entry credit to such shareholder's account. Certain telephone and other
procedures require book-entry holdings. Shareholders with outstanding
certificates bear the risk of loss.


Use of Financial Services Firms. Investment dealers and other firms provide
varying arrangements for their clients to purchase and redeem the Fund's shares,
including higher minimum investments, and may assess transaction or other fees.
Firms may arrange with their clients for other investment or administrative
services. Such firms may independently establish and charge additional amounts
to their clients for such services. Firms also may hold the Fund's shares in
nominee or street name as agent for and on behalf of their customers. In such
instances, the Fund's Transfer Agent will have no information with respect to or
control over the accounts of specific shareholders. Such shareholders may obtain
access to their accounts and information about their accounts only from their
firm. Certain of these firms may receive compensation from the Fund through the
Shareholder Service Agent for record-keeping and other expenses relating to
these nominee accounts. In addition, certain privileges with respect to the
purchase and redemption of shares or the reinvestment of dividends may not be
available through such firms. Some firms may participate in a program allowing
them access to their clients' accounts for servicing including, without
limitation, transfers of registration and dividend payee changes; and may
perform functions such as generation of confirmation statements and disbursement
of cash dividends. Such firms, including affiliates of DIDI, may receive
compensation from the Fund through the Shareholder Service Agent for these
services.


The Fund has authorized one or more financial service institutions, including
certain members of the FINRA other than the Distributor ("financial
institutions"), to accept purchase and redemption orders for the Fund's shares.
Such financial institutions may also designate other parties, including plan
administrator intermediaries, to accept purchase and redemption orders on the
Fund's behalf. Orders for purchases or redemptions will be deemed to have been
received by the Fund when such financial institutions or, if applicable, their
authorized designees accept the orders. Subject to the terms of the contract
between the Fund and the financial institution, ordinarily orders will be priced
at the Fund's net asset value next computed after acceptance by such financial
institution or its authorized designees and accepted by the Fund. Further, if
purchases or redemptions of the Fund's shares are arranged and settlement is
made at an investor's election through any other authorized financial
institution, that financial institution may, at its discretion, charge a fee for
that service. The Board of Trustees and the Distributor, also the Fund's
principal underwriter, each has the right to limit the amount of purchases by,
and to refuse to sell to, any person. The Trustees and the Distributor may
suspend or terminate the offering of shares of the Fund at any time for any
reason.


DIDI has adopted an Incentive Plan (the "Plan") covering wholesalers that are
regional vice presidents ("DWS Investments Wholesalers"). Generally, DWS
Investments Wholesalers market shares of the DWS funds to financial advisors,
who in turn may recommend that investors purchase shares of a DWS fund. The Plan
is an incentive program that combines a monthly incentive component with a
quarterly strategic bonus component. Under the Plan, DWS Investments Wholesalers
will receive a monetary monthly incentive based on the amount of sales generated
from their marketing of the funds, and that incentive will differ depending on
the product category of the fund. Each fund is assigned to one of three product
categories -- "Strategic," "Tactical" or "all other funds" -- taking into
consideration, among other things, the following criteria, where applicable:

o        The Fund's consistency with DWS Investments' branding and long-term
         strategy;
o        The Fund's competitive performance;
o        The Fund's Morningstar rating;
o        The length of time the Fund's Portfolio Managers have managed the
         Fund/Strategy;
o        Market size for the fund category;
o        The Fund's size, including sales and redemptions of the Fund's shares.

This information and other factors are presented to a committee comprised of
representatives from various groups within DWS Investments, who review on a
quarterly basis the funds assigned to each product category described above, and
make any changes to those assignments at that time. No one factor, whether
positive or negative, determines a fund's placement in a given category; all
these factors together are considered, and the designation of funds in the
Strategic and Tactical categories represents management's judgment based on the
above criteria. In addition, management may consider a fund's profile over the
course of several review periods before making a change to its category
assignment. These category assignments will be posted quarterly to the DWS
funds' Web site at www.dws-investments.com, approximately one month after the
end of each quarter. DWS Investments Wholesalers receive the highest
compensation for Strategic funds, less for Tactical funds and the lowest for all
other funds. The level of compensation among these categories may differ
significantly.

The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of, additional compensation by a DWS
Investments Wholesaler under the Plan may provide an incentive to favor
marketing the Strategic or Tactical funds over all other funds. The Plan,
however, will not change the price that investors pay for shares of a fund. The
DWS Investments Compliance Department monitors DWS Investments Wholesaler sales
and other activity in an effort to detect unusual activity in the context of the
compensation structure under the Plan. However, investors may wish to take the
Plan and the product category of the fund into account when considering
purchasing a fund or evaluating any recommendations relating to fund shares.





Telephone and Electronic Transaction Procedures. Shareholders have various
telephone, Internet, wire and other electronic privileges available. The Fund or
its agents will not be liable for any losses, expenses or costs arising out of
fraudulent or unauthorized instructions pursuant to these privileges if the Fund
or its agents reasonably believe, based upon reasonable verification procedures,
that the instructions were genuine. Verification procedures include recording
instructions, requiring certain identifying information before acting upon
instructions and sending written confirmations. During periods when it is
difficult to contact the Shareholder Service Agent, it may be difficult to use
telephone, wire and other privileges.





QuickBuy and QuickSell. QuickBuy and QuickSell permits the transfer of money via
the Automated Clearing House System (minimum $50 and maximum $250,000) from or
to a shareholder's bank, savings and loan, or credit union account in connection
with the purchase or redemption of Fund shares. Shares purchased by check or
through QuickBuy and QuickSell or Direct Deposit may not be redeemed under this
privilege until such Shares have been owned for at least 10 calendar days.
QuickBuy and QuickSell cannot be used with passbook savings accounts or for
certain tax-deferred plans.





Dividend Payment Option. Investors may have dividends and distributions
automatically deposited to their predesignated bank account through DWS
Investments' Dividend Payment Option request form. Shareholders whose
predesignated checking account of record is with a member bank of Automated
Clearing House Network (ACH) can have income and capital gain distributions
automatically deposited to their personal bank account usually within three
business days after the Fund pays its distribution. A Dividend Payment Option
request form can be obtained by visiting our Web site at:
www.dws-investments.com or calling (800) 621-1048. Confirmation Statements will
be mailed to shareholders as notification that distributions have been
deposited.

Tax-Sheltered Retirement Plans. The Shareholder Service Agent provides
retirement plan services and documents and DIDI can establish investor accounts
in any of the following types of retirement plans:


o        Traditional, Roth and Education IRAs. This includes Savings Incentive
         Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers ("SIMPLE"), Simplified
         Employee Pension Plan ("SEP") IRA accounts and prototype documents.

o        403(b)(7) Custodial Accounts. This type of plan is available to
         employees of most non-profit organizations.

o        Prototype money purchase pension and profit-sharing plans may be
         adopted by employers.

Brochures describing these plans as well as model defined benefit plans, target
benefit plans, 457 plans, 401(k) plans, simple 401(k) plans and materials for
establishing them are available from the Shareholder Service Agent upon request.
Additional fees and transaction policies and procedures may apply to such plans.
Investors should consult with their own tax advisors before establishing a
retirement plan.

Purchases

The Fund reserves the right to withdraw all or any part of the offering made by
its prospectuses and to reject purchase orders for any reason. Also, from time
to time, the Fund may temporarily suspend the offering of any class of its
shares to new investors. During the period of such suspension, persons who are
already shareholders of such class of the Fund may be permitted to continue to
purchase additional shares of such class and to have dividends reinvested.

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering
activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. For
more information, please see "Policies You Should Know About" in the Fund's
prospectus.

Class S shares are generally only available to new investors through fee-based
programs of broker-dealers and registered investment advisors who typically
charge ongoing fees for services they provide and through certain group
retirement plans. Certain investors may purchase Class S shares, as described
below.


Eligible Class S Investors

A.        The following investors may purchase Class S shares of DWS Funds
          either (i) directly from DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. ("DIDI"),
          the Fund's principal underwriter; or (ii) through an intermediary
          relationship with a financial services firm established with respect
          to the DWS Funds as of December 31, 2004.

          1.      Existing shareholders of Class S shares of any DWS Fund as of
                  December 31, 2004, and household members residing at the same
                  address.

          2.      Shareholders of Class S of any DWS Fund who became Class S
                  shareholders in connection with the consolidation of Class
                  AARP and Class S on July 17, 2006 and household members
                  residing at the same address.

          3.      Shareholders who have owned Class S shares continuously since
                  December 31, 2004 and household members residing at the same
                  address may open new accounts for Class S shares of any DWS
                  Fund.

          4.      Any participant who has owned Class S shares of any DWS Fund
                  through an employee sponsored retirement, employee stock,
                  bonus, pension or profit sharing plan continuously since
                  December 31, 2004 may open a new individual account for Class
                  S shares of any DWS Fund.

          5.      Any participant who owns Class S shares of any DWS Fund
                  through a retirement, employee stock, bonus, pension or profit
                  sharing plan may complete a direct rollover to an IRA account
                  that will hold Class S shares. This applies to individuals who
                  begin their retirement plan investments with a DWS Fund at any
                  time, including after December 31, 2004.

          6.      Officers, Fund Trustees and Directors, and full-time employees
                  and their family members of the Advisor and its affiliates.

          7.      Class S shares are available to any accounts managed by the
                  Advisor, any advisory products offered by the Advisor or DIDI
                  and to DWS Allocation Series or other fund of funds managed by
                  the Advisor or its affiliates.

          8.      Shareholders of Class S of DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
                  who became shareholders of the fund in connection with the
                  fund's acquisition of Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc. on April 17,
                  2006.

          9.      Shareholders of Class S of any DWS Fund who became Class S
                  shareholders in connection with the consolidation of Class M
                  and Class S on August 18, 2006 and household members residing
                  at the same address.

          10.     Shareholders of Class S of any DWS Fund who became Class S
                  shareholders in connection with the renaming or conversion of
                  Investment Class to Class S on October 23, 2006.

B. The following additional investors may purchase Class S shares of DWS Funds.

          1.      Broker-dealers, banks and registered investment advisors
                  ("RIAs") may purchase Class S shares in connection with a
                  comprehensive or "wrap" fee program or other fee based
                  program.

          2.      Any group retirement, employee stock, bonus, pension or
                  profit-sharing plans.

         3.       Persons who purchase shares as part of an investment only
                  placement in a 529 College Savings Plan.

          4.      Persons who purchase shares through a Health Savings Account
                  or a Voluntary Employees' Benefit Association ("VEBA") Trust.

DIDI may, at its discretion, require appropriate documentation that shows an
investor is eligible to purchase Class S shares.




Clients having a regular investment counsel account with the Advisor or its
affiliates and members of their immediate families, officers and employees of
the Advisor or of any affiliated organization and members of their immediate
families, members of FINRA and banks may, if they prefer, subscribe initially
for at least $2,500 for Class S through DWS Investments Distributors Services,
Inc. by letter or telephone.




Revenue Sharing

In light of recent regulatory developments, the Advisor, the Distributor and
their affiliates have undertaken to furnish certain additional information below
regarding the level of payments made by them to selected affiliated and
unaffiliated brokers, dealers, participating insurance companies or other
financial intermediaries ("financial advisors") in connection with the sale
and/or distribution of Fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of
investors and Fund shares ("revenue sharing").

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may pay additional
compensation, out of their own assets and not as an additional charge to each
Fund, to financial advisors in connection with the sale and/or distribution of
Fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of Fund investors and Fund shares.
Such revenue sharing payments are in addition to any distribution or service
fees payable under any Rule 12b-1 or service plan of any fund, any record
keeping/sub-transfer agency/networking fees payable by each Fund (generally
through the Distributor or an affiliate) and/or the Distributor to certain
financial advisors for performing such services and any sales charges,
commissions, non-cash compensation arrangements expressly permitted under
applicable rules of FINRA or other concessions described in the fee table or
elsewhere in the Prospectuses or the SAI as payable to all financial advisors.
For example, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may compensate
financial advisors for providing each Fund with "shelf space" or access to a
third party platform or fund offering list, or other marketing programs
including, without limitation, inclusion of each Fund on preferred or
recommended sales lists, mutual fund "supermarket" platforms and other formal
sales programs; granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's sales
force; granting the Distributor access to the financial advisor's conferences
and meetings; assistance in training and educating the financial advisor's
personnel; and, obtaining other forms of marketing support. The level of revenue
sharing payments made to financial advisors may be a fixed fee or based upon one
or more of the following factors: gross sales, current assets and/or number of
accounts of each Fund attributable to the financial advisor, the particular fund
or fund type or other measures as agreed to by the Advisor, the Distributor
and/or their affiliates and the financial advisors or any combination thereof.
The amount of these payments is determined at the discretion of the Advisor, the
Distributor and/or their affiliates from time to time, may be substantial, and
may be different for different financial advisors based on, for example, the
nature of the services provided by the financial advisor.

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates currently make revenue
sharing payments from their own assets in connection with the sale and/or
distribution of DWS Fund shares, or the retention and/or servicing of investors,
to financial advisors in amounts that generally range from .01% up to .50% of
assets of the Fund serviced and maintained by the financial advisor, .05% to
..25% of sales of the Fund attributable to the financial advisor, a flat fee of
$13,350 up to $500,000, or any combination thereof. These amounts are annual
figures typically paid on a quarterly basis and are subject to change at the
discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates. Receipt of,
or the prospect of receiving, this additional compensation, may influence your
financial advisor's recommendation of this Fund or of any particular share class
of the Fund. You should review your financial advisor's compensation disclosure
and/or talk to your financial advisor to obtain more information on how this
compensation may have influenced your financial advisor's recommendation of this
Fund.

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may also make such revenue
sharing payments to financial advisors under the terms discussed above in
connection with the distribution of both DWS funds and non-DWS funds by
financial advisors to retirement plans that obtain record keeping services from
ADP, Inc. on the DWS Scudder branded retirement plan platform (the "Platform")
with the level of revenue sharing payments being based upon sales of both the
DWS funds and the non-DWS funds by the financial advisor on the Platform or
current assets of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds serviced and
maintained by the financial advisor on the Platform.

As of the date hereof, each Fund has been advised that the Advisor, the
Distributor and their affiliates expect that the following firms will receive
revenue sharing payments at different points during the coming year as described
above:

Channel: Broker-Dealers and Financial Advisors
AIG Advisors Group
Ameriprise
Cadaret, Grant & Co. Inc.
Capital Analyst, Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (dba Smith Barney)
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLP (dba Commonwealth Financial Network)
Deutsche Bank Group
Ensemble Financial Services
First Clearing/Wachovia Securities
Fiserv Trust Company
HD Vest Investment Securities, Inc.
ING Group
John Hancock Distributors LLC
LPL Financial
M.L. Stern & Co.
Meridien Financial Group
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Raymond James & Associates
Raymond James Financial Services
RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc
Securities America, Inc.
UBS Financial Services
Wachovia Securities
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC

Channel: Cash Product Platform
Allegheny Investments LTD
Bank of New York (Hare & Co.)
Bear, Stearns Securities Corp.
Brown Brothers Harriman
Brown Investment Advisory & Trust Company
Cadaret Grant & Co.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
D.A. Davidson & Company
Deutsche Bank Group
Emmett A. Larkin Company
Fiduciary Trust Co. - International
First Southwest Company
Huntleigh Securities
Lincoln Investment Planning
LPL Financial
Mellon Financial Markets LLC
Penson Financial Services
Pershing Choice Platform
ProFunds Distributors, Inc.
Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Solutions
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Romano Brothers and Company
SAMCO Capital Markets
Smith Moore & Company
Sungard Institutional Brokerage Inc.
US Bancorp
UBS Financial Services
William Blair & Company

Channel: Third Party Insurance Platforms
Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York
Ameritas Life Insurance Group
Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company
Columbus Life Insurance Company
Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company
Companion Life Insurance Company
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Farmers New World Life Insurance Company
Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company
First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company
First Great West Life and Annuity Company
Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York
Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Great West Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Hartford Life Insurance Company
Integrity Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Life Insurance companies
Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company
Lincoln Benefit Life Insurance Company
Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Group
MetLife Group
Minnesota Life Insurance Company
National Life Insurance Company
National Integrity Life Insurance Company
Nationwide Group
New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Protective Life Insurance
Provident Mutual Life Insurance
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Sun Life Group
Symetra Life Insurance Company
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Union Central Life Insurance Company
United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
United Investors Life Insurance Company
Western Southern Life Assurance Company

Any additions, modifications or deletions to the financial advisors identified
above that have occurred since the date hereof are not reflected.

The Advisor, the Distributor or their affiliates may enter into additional
revenue sharing arrangements or change or discontinue existing arrangements with
financial advisors at any time without notice.

The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of additional compensation or
promotional incentives described above by financial advisors may provide such
financial advisors and/or their salespersons with an incentive to favor sales of
shares of the DWS funds or a particular DWS fund over sales of shares of mutual
funds (or non-mutual fund investments) with respect to which the financial
advisor does not receive additional compensation or promotional incentives, or
receives lower levels of additional compensation or promotional incentives.
Similarly, financial advisors may receive different compensation or incentives
that may influence their recommendation of any particular share class of the
Fund or of other funds. These payment arrangements, however, will not change the
price that an investor pays for Fund shares or the amount that the Fund receives
to invest on behalf of an investor and will not increase Fund expenses. You may
wish to take such payment arrangements into account when considering and
evaluating any recommendations relating to Fund shares and you should discuss
this matter with your financial advisor and review your financial advisor's
disclosures.

It is likely that broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions for the
Fund will include firms that also sell shares of the DWS funds to their
customers. However, the Advisor will not consider sales of DWS fund shares as a
factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for
the DWS funds. Accordingly, the Advisor has implemented policies and procedures
reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of DWS fund
shares as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio
transactions for the Fund. In addition, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or
their affiliates will not use fund brokerage to pay for their obligation to
provide additional compensation to financial advisors as described above.





To sell shares in a retirement account other than an IRA, your request must be
made in writing, except for exchanges to other eligible funds in the DWS family
of funds, which can be requested by phone or in writing.

Automatic Investment Plan. A shareholder may purchase shares of the Fund through
an automatic investment program. With the Direct Deposit Purchase Plan ("Direct
Deposit"), investments are made automatically (minimum $1,000 and maximum
$250,000 for initial investments and a minimum of $50 and maximum $250,000 for
subsequent investments) from the shareholder's account at a bank, savings and
loan or credit union into the shareholder's Fund account. Termination by a
shareholder will become effective within thirty days after the Shareholder
Service Agent has received the request. The Fund may immediately terminate a
shareholder's Plan in the event that any item is unpaid by the shareholder's
financial institution.





Minimum Subsequent Investment Policies. For current shareholders there is a $50
minimum investment requirement for subsequent investments in the Fund. There is
no minimum subsequent investment requirement for investments on behalf of
participants in certain fee-based and wrap programs offered through financial
intermediaries approved by the Advisor.




Payroll Investment Plans. A shareholder may purchase shares through Payroll
Direct Deposit or Government Direct Deposit. Under these programs, all or a
portion of a shareholder's net pay or government check is invested each payment
period. A shareholder may terminate participation in these programs by giving
written notice to the shareholder's employer or government agency, as
appropriate. (A reasonable time to act is required.) The Fund is not responsible
for the efficiency of the employer or government agency making the payment or
any financial institutions transmitting payments.


Expedited Purchase Procedures for Existing Shareholders. Shareholders of other
DWS funds who have submitted an account application and have certified a tax
identification number, clients having a regular investment counsel account with
the Advisor or its affiliates and members of their immediate families, officers
and employees of the Advisor or of any affiliated organization and their
immediate families, members of FINRA, and banks may open an account by wire by
calling (800) 728-3337 for instructions. The investor must send a duly completed
and signed application to the Fund promptly. A subsequent purchase order may be
placed by established shareholders (except by DWS Investments Individual
Retirement Account (IRA), DWS Simplified Profit Sharing and Money Purchase
Pension Plans, DWS Investments 401(k) and DWS Investments 403(b) Plan holders),
members of FINRA, and banks.




Redemptions

Redemption fee. The Fund will impose a redemption fee of 2% of the total
redemption amount (calculated at net asset value) on all Fund shares redeemed or
exchanged within 15 days of buying them (either by purchase or exchange). The
redemption fee is paid directly to the Fund, and is designed to encourage
long-term investment and to offset transaction and other costs associated with
short-term or excessive trading. For purposes of determining whether the
redemption fee applies, shares held the longest time will be treated as being
redeemed first and shares held the shortest time will be treated as being
redeemed last. The redemption fee is applicable to Fund shares purchased either
directly or through a financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer.
Transactions through financial intermediaries typically are placed with the Fund
on an omnibus basis and include both purchase and sale transactions placed on
behalf of multiple investors. These purchase and sale transactions are generally
netted against one another and placed on an aggregate basis; consequently the
identities of the individuals on whose behalf the transactions are placed
generally are not known to the Fund. For this reason, the Fund has undertaken to
notify financial intermediaries of their obligation to assess the redemption fee
on customer accounts and to collect and remit the proceeds to the Fund. However,
due to operational requirements, the intermediaries' methods for tracking and
calculating the fee may be inadequate or differ in some respects from the
Fund's.

Policies and procedures affecting transactions in Fund shares can be changed at
any time without notice, subject to applicable law. Transactions may be
contingent upon proper completion of application forms and other documents by
shareholders and their receipt by the Fund's agents. Transaction delays in
processing (and changing account features) due to circumstances within or beyond
the control of a Fund and its agents may occur. Shareholders (or their financial
service firms) are responsible for all losses and fees resulting from bad
checks, cancelled orders or the failure to consummate transactions effected
pursuant to instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

The Fund may suspend the right of redemption or delay payment more than seven
days (a) during any period when the Exchange is closed other than customary
weekend and holiday closings or during any period in which trading on the
Exchange is restricted, (b) during any period when an emergency exists as a
result of which (i) disposal of the Fund's investments is not reasonably
practicable, or (ii) it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund to determine
the value of its net assets, or (c) for such other periods as the SEC may by
order permit for the protection of the Fund's shareholders.


A request for repurchase (confirmed redemption) may be communicated by a
shareholder through a financial services firm to DIDI, which firms must promptly
submit orders to be effective.


Redemption requests must be unconditional. Redemption requests (and a stock
power for certificated shares) must be duly endorsed by the account holder. As
specified in the prospectus, signatures may need to be guaranteed by a
commercial bank, trust company, savings and loan association, federal savings
bank, member firm of a national securities exchange or other financial
institution permitted by SEC rule. Additional documentation may be required,
particularly from institutional and fiduciary account holders, such as
corporations, custodians (e.g., under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act),
executors, administrators, trustees or guardians.

If the proceeds of the redemption (prior to the imposition of any contingent
deferred sales charge) are $100,000 or less and the proceeds are payable to the
shareholder of record at the address of record, normally a telephone request or
a written request by any one account holder without a signature guarantee is
sufficient for redemptions by individual or joint account holders, and trust,
executor and guardian account holders, provided the trustee, executor or
guardian is named in the account registration. Other institutional account
holders may exercise this special privilege of redeeming shares by telephone
request or written request without signature guarantee subject to the same
conditions as individual account holders, provided that this privilege has been
pre-authorized by the institutional account holder by written instruction to the
Shareholder Service Agent with signatures guaranteed. This privilege may not be
used to redeem shares held in certificated form and may not be used if the
shareholder's account has had an address change within 15 days of the redemption
request.

Wires. Delivery of the proceeds of a wire redemption of $250,000 or more may be
delayed by the Fund for up to seven days if the Fund or the Shareholder Service
Agent deems it appropriate under then-current market conditions. The ability to
send wires is limited by the business hours and holidays of the firms involved.
The Fund is not responsible for the efficiency of the federal wire system or the
account holder's financial services firm or bank. The account holder is
responsible for any charges imposed by the account holder's firm or bank. To
change the designated account to receive wire redemption proceeds, send a
written request to the Fund's Shareholder Service Agent with signatures
guaranteed as described above or contact the firm through which the Fund shares
were purchased.


Automatic Withdrawal Plan. The owner of $5,000 or more of a class of the Fund's
shares at the offering price (net asset value) may provide for the payment from
the owner's account of any requested dollar amount to be paid to the owner or a
designated payee monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually. The $5,000
minimum account size is not applicable to IRAs. The minimum periodic payment is
$50. The maximum annual rate at which shares, subject to CDSC may be redeemed is
12% of the net asset value of the account. Shares are redeemed so that the payee
should receive payment approximately the first of the month. Investors using
this Plan must reinvest Fund distributions.


An Automatic Withdrawal Plan request form can be obtained by calling
1-800-728-3337 for Class S.

In-kind Redemptions. The Fund reserves the right to honor any request for
redemption or repurchase by making payment in whole or in part in readily
marketable securities. These securities will be chosen by the Fund and valued as
they are for purposes of computing the Fund's net asset value. A shareholder may
incur transaction expenses in converting these securities to cash.

Exchanges

Shareholders may request a taxable exchange of their shares for shares of the
corresponding class of other DWS Funds without imposition of a sales charge,
subject to the provisions below. For purposes of calculating any CDSC, amounts
exchanged retain their original cost and purchase date.


Shares of money market funds that were acquired by purchase (not including
shares acquired by dividend reinvestment) are subject to the applicable sales
charge on exchange. Certain series of DWS Target Fund are available on exchange
only during the offering period for such series as described in the applicable
prospectus. Tax Free Money Fund -- Investment Class, NY Tax-Free Money Fund --
Investment Class, Money Market Fund -- Investment Class, Cash Management Fund
Institutional, Cash Reserves Fund Institutional, Cash Reserve Fund, Inc. Prime
Series, Tax-Exempt California Money Market Fund, Cash Account Trust and
Investors Cash Trust are available on exchange but only through a financial
services firm having a services agreement with DIDI. All exchanges among money
funds must meet applicable investor eligibility and investment requirements.
Exchanges may only be made for funds that are available for sale in the
shareholder's state of residence. Currently, Tax-Exempt California Money Market
Fund is available for sale only in California.





Shareholders must obtain prospectuses of the fund they are exchanging into from
dealers, other firms or DIDI.


Automatic Exchange Plan. The owner of $1,000 or more of any class of shares of a
DWS Fund may authorize the automatic exchange of a specified amount ($50
minimum) of such shares for shares of the same class of another such DWS Fund.
Exchanges will be made automatically until the shareholder or a Fund terminates
the privilege. Exchanges are subject to the terms and conditions described
above.

                                    DIVIDENDS

The Fund intends to follow the practice of distributing substantially all of its
investment company taxable income, which includes any excess of net realized
short-term capital gains over net realized long-term capital losses. The Fund
may follow the practice of distributing the entire excess of net realized
long-term capital gains over net realized short-term capital losses. However,
the Fund may retain all or part of such gain for reinvestment, after paying the
related federal taxes for which shareholders may then be able to claim a credit
against their federal tax liability. If a Fund does not distribute the amount of
capital gain and/or ordinary income required to be distributed by an excise tax
provision of the Code, the Fund may be subject to that excise tax. In certain
circumstances, the Fund may determine that it is in the interest of shareholders
to distribute less than the required amount.

The Fund intends to distribute dividends from its ordinary income excluding
short-term capital gains annually in December. The Fund intends to distribute
capital gain net income after utilization of capital loss carryforwards, if any,
in December to prevent application of a federal excise tax. An additional
distribution may be made, if necessary.

Any dividends or capital gains distributions declared in October, November or
December with a record date in such a month and paid during the following
January will be treated by shareholders for federal income tax purposes as if
received on December 31 of the calendar year declare and to have been paid by
the Fund not later than such December 31.



Income and capital gain dividends, if any, of the Fund will be credited to
shareholder accounts in full and fractional shares of the same class of the Fund
at net asset value on the reinvestment date, except that, upon written request
to the Shareholder Service Agent, a shareholder may select one of the following
options:

1.       To receive income and short-term capital gain dividends in cash and
         long-term capital gain dividends in shares of the same class at net
         asset value; or

2.       To receive income and capital gain dividends in cash.

Dividends will be reinvested in shares of the same class of the Fund unless
shareholders indicate in writing that they wish to receive them in cash or in
shares of other DWS Fund with multiple classes of shares or DWS Fund as provided
in the prospectus. To use this privilege of investing dividends of the Fund in
shares of another DWS or DWS Fund, shareholders must maintain a minimum account
value of $1,000 in a Fund distributing the dividends. A Fund will reinvest
dividend checks (and future dividends) in shares of that same Fund and class if
checks are returned as undeliverable. Dividends and other distributions of the
Fund in the aggregate amount of $10 or less are automatically reinvested in
shares of the Fund unless the shareholder requests that such policy not be
applied to the shareholder's account.



If a shareholder has elected to reinvest any dividends and/or other
distributions, such distributions will be made in shares of that Fund and
confirmations will be mailed to each shareholder. If a shareholder has chosen to
receive cash, a check will be sent. Distributions of investment company taxable
income and net realized capital gains are taxable, whether made in shares or
cash.

Each distribution is accompanied by a brief explanation of the form and
character of the distribution. The characterization of distributions on such
correspondence may differ from the characterization for federal tax purposes. In
January of each year the Fund issues to each shareholder a statement of the
federal income tax status of all distributions in the prior calendar year.


The Fund may at any time vary its foregoing dividend practices and, therefore,
reserves the right from time to time to either distribute or retain for
reinvestment such of its net investment income and its net short-term and
long-term capital gains as its Board determines appropriate under the then
current circumstances. In particular, and without limiting the foregoing, a Fund
may make additional distributions of net investment income or capital gain net
income in order to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements contained in
the Code.


                                      TAXES


The following is intended to be a general summary of certain federal income tax
consequences of investing in the Fund. It is not intended as a complete
discussion of all such consequences, nor does it purport to deal with all
categories of investors. Investors are therefore advised to consult with their
tax advisors before making an investment in the Fund. The summary is based on
the laws in effect on the date of this SAI and existing judicial and
administrative interpretations thereof, all of which are subject to change,
possibly with retroactive effect.


Taxation of the Fund. The Fund has elected to be treated as a regulated
investment company under Subchapter M of the Code. The Fund intends to so
qualify in each taxable year as required under the Code in order to avoid
payment of federal income tax at the Fund level. In order to qualify as a
regulated investment company, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding
the source of its income, the diversification of its assets, and the
distribution of its income:


(a) The Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends,
interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and gains from the
sale of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income (including but not
limited to gains from options, futures, or forward contracts) derived with
respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities, or currencies
and net income derived from interests in "qualified publicly traded
partnerships" (i.e., partnerships that are traded on an established securities
market or tradable on a secondary market, other than partnerships that derive
90% of their income from interest, dividends, capital gains, and other
traditionally permitted mutual fund income).


(b) The Fund must diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of
its taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Fund's assets is
represented by cash and cash items, US government securities, securities of
other regulated investment companies, and other securities limited in respect of
any one issuer of such other securities to a value not greater than 5% of the
value of the Fund's total assets and to not more than 10% of the outstanding
voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its
assets is invested in the securities (other than those of the US Government or
other regulated investment companies) of any one issuer, any two or more issuers
of which 20% or more of the voting securities are held by the Fund and which are
engaged in the same, similar, or related trades or businesses or in the
securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships.

(c) The Fund is required to distribute to its shareholders at least the sum of
(i) 90% of its "investment company taxable income" (i.e., income other than its
net realized long-term capital gain over its net realized short-term capital
loss), plus or minus certain adjustments, and (ii) 90% of its net tax-exempt
income for the taxable year. The Fund will be subject to income tax at regular
corporation rates on any taxable income or gains that it does not distribute to
its shareholders.


Rulings issued by the IRS limit the income derived from certain
commodities-linked swaps and futures to a maximum of 10% of the Fund's annual
gross income. The Fund has obtained private letter rulings from the IRS
confirming that the income and gain arising from certain types of
commodity-linked notes in which the Fund invests constitute "qualifying income"
under the Code. The Fund may be disqualified as a regulated investment company
if the Fund chooses not to qualify as a regulated investment company, or if the
IRS challenges the Fund's position and its challenge is upheld, or if the Fund
otherwise fails to qualify as a regulated investment company. If the Fund is
disqualified as a regulated investment company, then the Fund will be subject to
federal income tax on its ordinary taxable income and capital gain at regular
corporate rates (without a deduction for distributions to shareholders). When
distributed, that income will then be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary
dividend to the extent attributable to the Fund's earnings and profits.


If for any taxable year the Fund does not qualify for the special federal income
tax treatment afforded regulated investment companies, all of its taxable income
will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates (without any
deduction for distributions to its shareholders), and all distributions from
earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and
net long-term capital gains, will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.
Such distributions will be eligible (i) to be treated as "qualified dividend
income" in the case of shareholders taxed as individuals and certain other
noncorporate taxpayers, subject to reduced rates of federal income taxation for
taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011 and (ii) for the dividends
received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders. In addition, the Fund
could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and
interest and make substantial distributions before requalifying as a regulated
investment company that is accorded special tax treatment.


The Fund is subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on amounts required to be
but that are not distributed under a prescribed formula. The formula requires
payment to shareholders during a calendar year of distributions representing at
least 98% of the Fund's taxable ordinary income for the calendar year and at
least 98% of the excess of its capital gains over capital losses realized during
the one-year period ending October 31 (in most cases) of such year as well as
amounts that were neither distributed nor taxed to the Fund during any prior
calendar year. Although the Fund's distribution policies should enable it to
avoid excise tax liability, the Fund may retain (and be subject to income or
excise tax on) a portion of its capital gain or other income if it appears to be
in the interest of the Fund.

Taxation of US Shareholders

Taxation of Fund Distributions. Distributions from the Fund generally will be
taxable to shareholders as ordinary income to the extent derived from investment
income and net short-term capital gains. Distributions of net capital gains
(that is, the excess of net gains from the sale of capital assets held more than
one year over net losses from the sale of capital assets held for not more than
one year) properly designated as capital gain dividends will be taxable to
shareholders as long-term capital gain, regardless of how long a shareholder has
held the shares in the Fund.


Long-term capital gain rates applicable to individuals have been temporarily
reduced -- in general, to 15% with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10%
and 15% rate brackets -- for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011. For
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the long-term capital gain
rate is scheduled to return to 20%.


For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, "qualified dividend income"
received by an individual will be taxed at the rates applicable to long-term
capital gain. Dividends subject to these special rules are not actually treated
as capital gains, however, and thus are not included in the computation of an
individual's net capital gain and generally cannot be used to offset capital
losses. Qualified dividend income does not include interest from fixed-income
securities. In order for some portion of the dividends received by the Fund
shareholder to be qualified dividend income, the Fund must meet holding period
and other requirements with respect to some portion of the dividend-paying
stocks in its portfolio and the shareholder must meet holding period and other
requirements with respect to the Fund's shares. A dividend will not be treated
as qualified dividend income (at either the Fund or shareholder level) (1) if
the dividend is received with respect to any share of stock held for fewer than
61 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before
the date on which such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend
(or, in the case of certain preferred stock, 91 days during the 181-day period
beginning 90 days before such date), (2) to the extent that the recipient is
under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make
related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related
property, or (3) if the recipient elects to have the dividend income treated as
investment income for purposes of the limitation on deductibility of investment
interest. In order for a dividend paid by a foreign corporation to constitute
"qualified dividend income," the foreign corporation must (1) be eligible for
the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States (or the
stock on which the dividend is paid must be readily tradable on an established
securities market in the United States), and (2) not be treated as a passive
foreign investment company.

In general, distributions of investment income designated by a regulated
investment company as derived from qualified dividend income will be treated as
qualified dividend income by a shareholder taxed as an individual, provided the
shareholder meets the holding period and other requirements described above with
respect to the Fund's shares.

If the aggregate qualified dividends received by the Fund during any taxable
year are 95% or more of its gross income (excluding net long-term capital gain
over net short-term capital loss), then 100% of the Fund's dividends (other than
properly designated capital gain dividends) will be eligible to be treated as
qualified dividend income. For this purpose, the only gain included in the term
"gross income" is the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term
capital loss.

Capital gains distributions may be reduced if Fund capital loss carryforwards
are available. Any capital loss carryforwards and any post-October loss
deferrals to which the Fund is entitled are disclosed in the Fund's annual and
semi-annual reports to shareholders.

Distributions in excess of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and
profits will, as to each shareholder, be treated as a tax-free return of capital
to the extent of a shareholder's basis in his shares of the Fund, and as a
capital gain thereafter (if the shareholder holds his shares of the Fund as
capital assets). Distributions are taxable to shareholders even if they are paid
from income or gains by the Fund before a shareholder's investment (and thus may
have been included in the price the shareholder paid). Distributions are taxable
whether shareholders receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares
through the reinvestment privilege. A shareholder whose distributions are
reinvested in shares will be treated as having received a dividend equal to the
fair market value of the new shares issued to the shareholder.

All distributions by the Fund result in a reduction in the net asset value of
the Fund's shares. Should a distribution reduce the net asset value below a
shareholder's cost basis, such distribution would nevertheless be taxable to the
shareholder as ordinary income or capital gain as described above, even though,
from an investment standpoint, it may constitute a partial return of capital. In
particular, investors should be careful to consider the tax implications of
buying shares just prior to a distribution. The price of shares purchased at
that time includes the amount of the forthcoming distribution. Those purchasing
just prior to a distribution will receive a partial return of capital upon the
distribution, which will nevertheless be taxable to them.

Certain types of income received by the Fund from real estate investment trusts
("REITs"), real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs"), taxable mortgage
pools or other investments may cause the Fund to designate some or all of its
distributions as "excess inclusion income." To Fund shareholders such excess
inclusion income may (1) constitute taxable income as "unrelated business
taxable income" ("UBTI") for those shareholders who would otherwise be
tax-exempt such as individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, Keogh plans,
pension plans and certain charitable entities; (2) not be offset against net
operating losses for tax purposes; (3) not be eligible for reduced US
withholding for non-US shareholders even from tax treaty countries; and (4)
cause the Fund to be subject to tax if certain "disqualified organizations" as
defined by the Code are Fund shareholders.

Sale or Redemption of Shares. The sale, exchange or redemption of Fund shares
may give rise to a gain or loss. In general, any gain or loss realized upon a
taxable disposition of shares will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss
if the shares have been held for more than 12 months. Otherwise, the gain or
loss on the taxable disposition of Fund shares will be treated as short-term
capital gain or loss. However, any loss realized upon a taxable disposition of
shares held for six months or less will be treated as long-term, rather than
short-term, to the extent of any long-term capital gain distributions received
(or deemed received) by the shareholder with respect to the shares. All or a
portion of any loss realized upon a taxable disposition of Fund shares will be
disallowed if other substantially identical shares of the Fund are purchased
within 30 days before or after the disposition. In such a case, the basis of the
newly purchased shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.

Dividends Received Deduction. Dividends from domestic corporations may comprise
a substantial part of the Fund's gross income. If any such dividends constitute
a portion of the Fund's gross income, a portion of the income distributions of
the Fund may be eligible for the 70% deduction for dividends received by
corporations. Shareholders will be informed of the portion of dividends which so
qualify. The dividends-received deduction is reduced to the extent the shares of
the Fund with respect to which the dividends are received are treated as
debt-financed under federal income tax law and is eliminated if either those
shares or the shares of the Fund are deemed to have been held by the Fund or the
shareholder, as the case may be, for less than 46 days during the 91-day period
beginning 45 days before the shares become ex-dividend.

Foreign Taxation. Foreign withholding or other foreign taxes with respect to
income (possibly including, in some cases, capital gains) on certain foreign
securities may occur. These taxes may be reduced or eliminated under the terms
of an applicable US income tax treaty. If more than 50% of the Fund's total
assets at the close of its taxable year consists of stock or securities of
foreign corporations, the Fund may elect for US income tax purposes to treat
foreign income taxes paid by it as paid by its shareholders. The Fund may
qualify for and make this election in some, but not necessarily all, of its
taxable years. If the Fund were to make an election, shareholders of the Fund
would be required to take into account an amount equal to their pro rata
portions of such foreign taxes in computing their taxable income and then treat
an amount equal to those foreign taxes as a US federal income tax deduction or
as a foreign tax credit against their US federal income taxes. Shortly after any
year for which it makes such an election, the Fund will report to its
shareholders the amount per share of such foreign income tax that must be
included in each shareholder's gross income and the amount which will be
available for the deduction or credit. No deduction for foreign taxes may be
claimed by a shareholder who does not itemize deductions. Certain limitations
will be imposed on the extent to which the credit (but not the deduction) for
foreign taxes may be claimed.

Passive Foreign Investment Companies. Equity investments by the Fund in certain
"passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs") could potentially subject the
Fund to a US federal income tax (including interest charges) on distributions
received from the company or on proceeds received from the disposition of shares
in the company, which tax cannot be eliminated by making distributions to Fund
shareholders. However, the Fund may elect to avoid the imposition of that tax.
For example, the Fund may elect to treat a PFIC as a "qualified electing fund"
(a "QEF election"), in which case the Fund will be required to include its share
of the company's income and net capital gains annually, regardless of whether it
receives any distribution from the company. The Fund also may make an election
to mark the gains (and to a limited extent losses) in such holdings "to the
market" as though it had sold and repurchased its holdings in those PFICs on the
last day of the Fund's taxable year. Such gains and losses are treated as
ordinary income and loss. The QEF and mark-to-market elections may accelerate
the recognition of income (without the receipt of cash) and increase the amount
required to be distributed by the Fund to avoid taxation. Making either of these
elections therefore may require the Fund to liquidate other investments
(including when it is not advantageous to do so) to meet its distribution
requirement, which also may accelerate the recognition of gain and affect the
Fund's total return. Dividends paid by PFICs will not be eligible to be treated
as "qualified dividend income."

Tax Effects of Certain Transactions. The Fund's use of options, futures
contracts, forward contracts (to the extent permitted) and certain other
Strategic Transactions will be subject to special tax rules (including
mark-to-market, constructive sale, straddle, wash sale, short sale and other
rules), the effect of which may be to accelerate income, defer losses, cause
adjustments in the holding periods of portfolio securities, convert capital
gains into ordinary income and convert short-term capital losses into long-term
capital losses. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and
character of distributions to investors. These rules, among other things, (a)
will require the Fund to mark-to-market certain types of the positions in its
portfolio (i.e., treat them as if they were closed out at the end of each year)
and (b) may cause the Fund to recognize income without receiving cash with which
to pay dividends or make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy the
distribution requirements for avoiding income and excise taxes. The Fund will
monitor its transactions, will make the appropriate tax elections and will make
the appropriate entries in its books and records when it acquires any foreign
currency, forward contract, option, futures contract or hedged investment in
order to mitigate the effect of these rules and prevent disqualification of the
Fund as a regulated investment company.

The Fund's investment in so-called "section 1256 contracts," such as regulated
futures contracts, most foreign currency forward contracts traded in the
interbank market and options on most stock indices, are subject to special tax
rules. All section 1256 contracts held by the Fund at the end of its taxable
year are required to be marked to their market value, and any unrealized gain or
loss on those positions will be included in the Fund's income as if each
position had been sold for its fair market value at the end of the taxable year.
The resulting gain or loss will be combined with any gain or loss realized by
the Fund from positions in section 1256 contracts closed during the taxable
year. Provided such positions were held as capital assets and were not part of a
"hedging transaction" nor part of a "straddle," 60% of the resulting net gain or
loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and 40% of such net gain
or loss will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, regardless of the
period of time the positions were actually held by the Fund.

Transactions in foreign currencies, foreign investment currency-denominated debt
securities and certain foreign currency options, futures contracts, forward
contracts and similar instruments (to the extent permitted) may give rise to
ordinary income or loss to the extent such income or loss results from
fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency concerned.

Requirements related to the Fund's status as a regulated investment company may
limit the extent to which it will be able to engage in transactions in options,
futures contracts, forward contracts, swap agreements and certain structured
securities.

The Fund's investment in zero coupon bonds and other debt obligations having
original issue discount may cause the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess
of any cash received from the investment.


Under current law, the Fund serves to block UBTI from being realized by its
tax-exempt shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a tax-exempt shareholder
could realize UBTI by virtue of its investment in the Fund if either: (1) the
Fund invests in REITs that hold residual interests in REMICs; or (2) shares in
the Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt
shareholder within the meaning of Code Section 514(b). If a charitable remainder
trust (as defined in Code Section 664) realizes any UBTI for a taxable year, it
will be subject to an excise tax equal to 100% of such UBTI.


Swaps. As a result of entering into swap contracts, the Fund may make or receive
periodic net payments. The Fund may also make or receive a payment when a swap
is terminated prior to maturity through an assignment of the swap or other
closing transaction. Periodic net payments will constitute ordinary income or
deductions, while termination of a swap may result in capital gain or loss
(which may be a long-term capital gain or loss if the Fund has been a party to
the swap for more than one year). The Fund may elect to mark to market its swap
contracts for tax purposes.


Tax Treatment of Structured Notes. The status of commodity-linked notes under
tests to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code is not
certain. The Fund has obtained private letter rulings from the IRS confirming
that the income and gain arising from certain types of commodity-linked notes in
which the Fund invests constitute "qualifying income" under the Code. If the
commodity-linked instruments in which the Fund invests are not regarded as
producing qualifying income, then the Fund may fail to qualify as a regulated
investment company. If the Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment
company, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on its ordinary income
and capital gains at regular corporate rates (without a deduction for
distributions to shareholders) which will reduce net asset value per share. When
distributed, that income would also be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary
dividend to the extent attributable to the Fund's earnings and profits.

A ruling issued by the IRS limits the income derived from certain
commodity-linked futures and swaps to a maximum of 10% of the Fund's gross
income. The Fund has not invested in commodity-linked swaps and does not intend
to invest in them in the future.


Other Tax Considerations. Under the backup withholding provisions of the Code,
redemption proceeds as well as distributions may be subject to federal income
tax withholding for certain shareholders, including those who fail to furnish
the Fund with their taxpayer identification numbers and certifications as to
their tax status.

Shareholders of the Fund may be subject to state and local taxes on
distributions received from the Fund and on redemptions of the Fund's shares.

Special tax rules apply to investments through defined contribution plans and
other tax-qualified plans. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to
determine the suitability of shares of the Fund as an investment through such
plans and the precise effect of an investment on their particular tax situation.

If a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to the Fund's shares of $2
million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a
corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the Internal Revenue
Service a disclosure statement on Form 8886. The fact that a loss is reportable
under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the
taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their
tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of
their individual circumstances.

Non-US Shareholders

Distributions from the Fund paid to non-US shareholders are generally subject to
withholding tax at a 30% rate or a reduced rate specified by an applicable
income tax treaty to the extent derived from investment income and short-term
capital gains. In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding, a non-US
shareholder will be required to provide an IRS Form W-8BEN certifying its
entitlement to benefits under a treaty. The withholding tax does not apply to
regular dividends paid to a non-US shareholder who provides a Form W-8ECI,
certifying that the dividends are effectively connected with the non-US
shareholder's conduct of a trade or business within the United States. Instead,
the effectively connected dividends will be subject to regular US income tax as
if the non-US shareholder were a US shareholder. A non-US corporation receiving
effectively connected dividends may also be subject to additional "branch
profits tax" imposed at a rate of 30% (or a lower treaty rate).

In general, United States federal withholding tax will not apply to any gain or
income realized by a non-US shareholder in respect of any distributions of net
long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses, exempt-interest
dividends or upon the sale or other disposition of shares of the Fund.



The foregoing is only a summary of certain material federal income tax
consequences affecting the Fund and its shareholders. Prospective shareholders
are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax
consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.

                                 NET ASSET VALUE

The net asset value of shares of the Fund is computed as of the close of regular
trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange
is open for trading (the "Value Time"). The Exchange is scheduled to be closed
on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas, and on the preceding Friday or subsequent Monday
when one of these holidays falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively. Net
asset value per share is determined separately for each class of shares by
dividing the value of the total assets of the Fund attributable to the shares of
that class, less all liabilities attributable to that class, by the total number
of shares of that class outstanding. The per share net asset value may be lower
for certain classes of the Fund because of higher expenses borne by these
classes.

An equity security is valued at its most recent sale price on the security's
primary exchange or OTC market as of the Value Time. Lacking any sales, the
security is valued at the calculated mean between the most recent bid quotation
and the most recent asked quotation (the "Calculated Mean") on such exchange or
OTC market as of the Value Time. If it is not possible to determine the
Calculated Mean, the security is valued at the most recent bid quotation on such
exchange or OTC market as of the Value Time. In the case of certain foreign
exchanges or OTC markets, the closing price reported by the exchange or OTC
market (which may sometimes be referred to as the "official close" or the
"official closing price" or other similar term) will be considered the most
recent sale price.

Structured notes (i.e. commodity-linked or index-linked notes) are valued by the
counterparties as approved by the Board. The counterparties may use various
pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as related
underlying indices, commodities' prices, liquidity, quality, maturity and other
economic variables.

Any swap transaction that the Fund enters into may, depending on the applicable
interest rate environment, have a positive or negative value for purposes of
calculating net asset value. Any cap transaction that the Fund enters into may,
depending on the applicable interest rate environment, have no value or a
positive value. In addition, accrued payments to the Fund under such
transactions will be assets of the Fund and accrued payments by the Fund will be
liabilities of the Fund.

Debt securities are valued as follows. Money market instruments purchased with
an original or remaining maturity of 60 days or less, maturing at par, are
valued at amortized cost. Other money market instruments are valued based on
information obtained from an approved pricing agent or, if such information is
not readily available, by using matrix pricing techniques (formula driven
calculations based primarily on current market yields). Bank loans are valued at
prices supplied by an approved pricing agent (which are intended to reflect the
mean between the bid and asked prices), if available, and otherwise at the mean
of the most recent bid and asked quotations or evaluated prices, as applicable,
based on quotations or evaluated prices obtained from one or more
broker-dealers. Privately placed debt securities, other than Rule 144A debt
securities, initially are valued at cost and thereafter based on all relevant
factors including type of security, size of holding and restrictions on
disposition. Municipal debt securities are valued at prices supplied by an
approved pricing agent (which are intended to reflect the mean between the bid
and asked prices), if available, and otherwise the mean of the most recent bid
and asked quotations or evaluated price obtained from a broker-dealer. Other
debt securities are valued at prices supplied by an approved pricing agent, if
available, and otherwise at the most recent bid quotation or evaluated price, as
applicable, obtained from one or more broker-dealers. If it is not possible to
value a particular debt security pursuant to the above methods, the security is
valued on the basis of factors including (but not limited to) maturity, coupon,
creditworthiness, currency denomination, and the movement of the market in which
the security is normally traded.

An exchange-traded option contract on securities, currencies and other financial
instruments is valued at its most recent sale price on the relevant exchange.
Lacking any sales, the option contract is valued at the Calculated Mean. If it
is not possible to determine the Calculated Mean, the option contract is valued
at the most recent bid quotation in the case of a purchased option contract or
the most recent asked quotation in the case of a written option contract, in
each case as of the Value Time. An option contract on securities, currencies and
other financial instruments traded in the OTC market is valued on the Value Date
at the evaluated price provided by the broker-dealer with which it was traded.
Futures contracts (and options thereon) are valued at the most recent settlement
price, if available on the exchange on which they are traded most extensively.
With the exception of stock index futures contracts which trade on the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, closing settlement times are prior to the close of trading
on the New York Stock Exchange. For stock index futures contracts which trade on
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, closing settlement prices are normally
available at approximately 4:20 Eastern time. If no settlement price is
available, the last traded price on such exchange will be used.


Investments in open-end investment companies and Cash Management QP Trust are
valued at their net asset value each business day.


If market quotations for portfolio assets are not readily available or the value
of a portfolio asset as determined in accordance with Board approved procedures
does not represent the fair market value of the portfolio asset, the value of
the portfolio asset is taken to be an amount which, in the opinion of the Fund's
Pricing Committee (or, in some cases, the Board's Valuation Committee),
represents fair market value. The value of other portfolio holdings owned by the
Fund is determined in a manner which is intended to fairly reflect the fair
market value of the asset on the valuation date, based on valuation procedures
adopted by the Fund's Board and overseen primarily by the Fund's Pricing
Committee (or, in some cases, the Board's Valuation Committee).

                              TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS


The following table presents certain information regarding the Board Members of
the Trust. Each Board Member's year of birth is set forth in parentheses after
his or her name. Unless otherwise noted, (i) each Board Member has engaged in
the principal occupation(s) noted in the table for at least the most recent five
years, although not necessarily in the same capacity, and (ii) the address of
each Board Member that is not an "interested person" (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the Trust or the Advisor (each, an "Independent Board Member") is c/o
Dawn-Marie Driscoll, PO Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33904. The term of office for
each Board Member is until the election and qualification of a successor, or
until such Board Member sooner dies, resigns, is removed or as otherwise
provided in the governing documents of the Trust. Because the Fund does not hold
an annual meeting of shareholders, each Board Member will hold office for an
indeterminate period. The Board Members may also serve in similar capacities
with other funds in the DWS fund complex.

Independent Board Members

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 Name, Year of Birth, Position                                                                   Number of Funds
 with the Trust and Length of     Business Experience and                                        in DWS Fund
 Time Served(1)                   Directorships During the Past 5 Years                          Complex Overseen
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Dawn-Marie Driscoll (1946)        President, Driscoll Associates (consulting firm); Executive           133
Chairperson since 2004,(2) and    Fellow, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College;
Board Member since 1987           formerly: Partner, Palmer & Dodge (1988-1990); Vice President
                                  of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Filene's
                                  (1978-1988); Directorships: Trustee of 8 open-end mutual
                                  funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since 2007);
                                  Director of ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since 2007);
                                  Advisory Board, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College;
                                  Trustee, Southwest Florida Community Foundation (charitable
                                  organization); former Directorships: Investment Company
                                  Institute (audit, executive, nominating committees) and
                                  Independent Directors Council (governance, executive
                                  committees)
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Paul K. Freeman                   Consultant, World Bank/Inter-American Development Bank;               133
(1950)                            formerly: Project Leader, International Institute for Applied
Vice Chairperson since 2008, and  Systems Analysis (1998-2001); Chief Executive Officer, The
Board Member since 1993           Eric Group, Inc. (environmental insurance) (1986-1998)
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John W. Ballantine (1946)         Retired; formerly: Executive Vice President and Chief Risk            133
Board Member since 1999           Management Officer, First Chicago NBD Corporation/The First
                                  National Bank of Chicago (1996-1998); Executive Vice
                                  President and Head of International Banking (1995-1996);
                                  Directorships: Healthways Inc. (provider of disease and care
                                  management services); Portland General Electric (utility
                                  company); Stockwell Capital Investments PLC (private equity);
                                  former Directorships: First Oak Brook Bancshares, Inc. and
                                  Oak Brook Bank
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 Henry P. Becton, Jr. (1943)      Vice Chair, WGBH Educational Foundation; Directorships:               133
 Board Member since               Association of Public Television Stations; Becton Dickinson
 1990                             and Company(3) (medical technology company); Belo
                                  Corporation(3) (media company); Boston Museum of Science;
                                  Public Radio International; former Directorships: American
                                  Public Television; Concord Academy; New England Aquarium;
                                  Mass. Corporation for Educational Telecommunications;
                                  Committee for Economic Development; Public Broadcasting
                                  Service
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Keith R. Fox (1954)               Managing General Partner, Exeter Capital Partners (a series           133
Board Member since                of private equity funds); Directorships: Progressive Holding
1996                              Corporation (kitchen goods importer and distributor); Natural
                                  History, Inc. (magazine publisher); Box Top Media Inc.
                                  (advertising); The Kennel Shop (retailer)
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Kenneth C. Froewiss               Clinical Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business           133
(1945)                            (1997-present); Member, Finance Committee, Association for
Board Member since                Asian Studies (2002-present); Director, Mitsui Sumitomo
2001                              Insurance Group (US) (2004-present); prior thereto, Managing
                                  Director, J.P. Morgan (investment banking firm) (until 1996)
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Richard J. Herring                Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking and Professor,         133
(1946)                            Finance Department, The Wharton School, University of
Board Member since                Pennsylvania (since July 1972); Co-Director, Wharton
1990                              Financial Institutions Center (since July 2000); Director,
                                  Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Thai Capital
                                  Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Singapore Fund, Inc.
                                  (since September 2007); formerly: Vice Dean and Director,
                                  Wharton Undergraduate Division (July 1995-June 2000);
                                  Director, Lauder Institute of International Management
                                  Studies (July 2000-June 2006)
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William McClayton (1944)          Managing Director, Diamond Management & Technology                    133
Board Member since 2004           Consultants, Inc. (global management consulting firm)
                                  (2001-present); Directorship: Board of Managers, YMCA of
                                  Metropolitan Chicago; formerly: Senior Partner, Arthur
                                  Andersen LLP (accounting) (1966-2001); Trustee, Ravinia
                                  Festival
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Rebecca W. Rimel                  President and Chief Executive Officer, The Pew Charitable             133
(1951)                            Trusts (charitable organization) (1994 to present); Trustee,
Board Member since                Thomas Jefferson Foundation (charitable organization) (1994
1995                              to present); Trustee, Executive Committee, Philadelphia
                                  Chamber of Commerce (2001 to 2007); Trustee, Pro Publica
                                  (2007-present) (charitable organization); formerly: Executive
                                  Vice President, The Glenmede Trust Company (investment trust
                                  and wealth management) (1983 to 2004); Board Member, Investor
                                  Education (charitable organization) (2004-2005); Director,
                                  Viasys Health Care(3) (January 2007-June 2007)
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William N. Searcy, Jr.            Private investor since October 2003; Trustee of 8 open-end            133
(1946)                            mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since
Board Member since                October 1998); formerly: Pension & Savings Trust Officer,
1993                              Sprint Corporation(3) (telecommunications) (November
                                  1989-September 2003)
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Jean Gleason Stromberg            Retired; formerly: Consultant (1997-2001); Director, US               133
(1943)                            Government Accountability Office (1996-1997); Partner,
Board Member since                Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. (law firm) (1978-1996);
1997                              Directorships: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation;
                                  Service Source, Inc.; former Directorships: Mutual Fund
                                  Directors Forum (2002-2004), American Bar Retirement
                                  Association (funding vehicle for retirement plans) (1987-1990
                                  and 1994-1996)
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Robert H. Wadsworth (1940)        President, Robert H. Wadsworth & Associates, Inc. (consulting         136
Board Member since 1999           firm) (1983 to present); Director, The Phoenix Boys Choir
                                  Association
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Interested Board Member

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 Name, Year of Birth, Position                                                                   Number of Funds
 with the Trust and Length of     Business Experience and                                        in DWS Fund
 Time Served(1)                   Directorships During the Past 5 Years                          Complex Overseen
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 Axel Schwarzer(4)                Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management; Head of              133
 (1958)                           Deutsche Asset Management Americas; CEO of DWS Investments;
 Board Member since               formerly: board member of DWS Investments, Germany
 2006                             (1999-2005); Head of Sales and Product Management for the
                                  Retail and Private Banking Division of Deutsche Bank in
                                  Germany (1997-1999); various strategic and operational
                                  positions for Deutsche Bank Germany Retail and Private
                                  Banking Division in the field of investment funds, tax driven
                                  instruments and asset management for corporates (1989-1996)
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Officers(6)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Name, Year of Birth, Position
 with the Trust and Length of     Business Experience and
 Time Served(7)                   Directorships During the Past 5 Years
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Michael G. Clark(8) (1965)       Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); President of
 President, 2006-present          DWS family of funds; Director, ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since
                                  October 2007); formerly: Director of Fund Board Relations (2004-2006) and
                                  Director of Product Development (2000-2004), Merrill Lynch Investment Managers;
                                  Senior Vice President Operations, Merrill Lynch Asset Management (1999-2000)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 John Millette(9) (1962)          Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 Vice President and Secretary,
 1999-present
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Paul H. Schubert(8) (1963)       Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since July 2004); formerly:
 Chief Financial Officer,         Executive Director, Head of Mutual Fund Services and Treasurer for UBS Family
 2004-present                     of Funds (1998-2004); Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund Finance at UBS
 Treasurer, 2005-present          Global Asset Management (1994-1998)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Patricia DeFilippis(10) (1963)   Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since June 2005); formerly: Counsel,
 Assistant Secretary,             New York Life Investment Management LLC (2003-2005); legal associate, Lord,
 2005-present                     Abbett & Co. LLC (1998-2003)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Elisa D. Metzger(10)  (1962)     Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since September 2005); formerly:
 Assistant Secretary,             Counsel, Morrison and Foerster LLP (1999-2005)
 2005-present
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Caroline Pearson(9) (1962)       Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 Assistant Secretary,
 1997-present
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 Paul Antosca(9)                  Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); formerly: Vice President,
 (1957)                           The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) (1990-2006)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2007-present
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 Jack Clark (9)                   Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (since 2007); formerly: Vice President,
 (1967)                           State Street Corporation (2002-2007)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2007-present
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Kathleen Sullivan D'Eramo(9)     Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 (1957)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2003-present
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Diane Kenneally(9)               Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management
 (1966)
 Assistant Treasurer,
 2007-present
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 Jason Vazquez(10) (1972)         Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); formerly: AML
 Anti-Money Laundering            Operations Manager for Bear Stearns (2004-2006); Supervising Compliance
 Compliance Officer,              Principal and Operations Manager for AXA Financial (1999-2004)
 2007-present
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 Robert Kloby(10) (1962)          Managing Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (2004-present); formerly: Chief
 Chief Compliance Officer,        Compliance Officer/Chief Risk Officer, Robeco USA (2000-2004); Vice President,
 2006-present                     The Prudential Insurance Company of America (1988-2000); E.F. Hutton and
                                  Company (1984-1988)
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 J. Christopher Jackson(10)       Director(5), Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); formerly: Director,
 (1951)                           Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary, Hansberger
 Chief Legal Officer,             Global Investors, Inc. (1996-2006); Director, National Society of Compliance
 2006-present                     Professionals (2002-2005) (2006-2009)
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</TABLE>

(1)      The length of time served represents the year in which the Board Member
         joined the board of one or more DWS funds currently overseen by the
         Board.

(2)      Represents the year in which Ms. Driscoll was first appointed
         Chairperson of certain DWS funds.

(3)      A publicly held company with securities registered pursuant to Section
         12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(4)      The mailing address of Axel Schwarzer is c/o Deutsche Investment
         Management Americas Inc., 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
         Mr. Schwarzer is an interested Board Member by virtue of his positions
         with Deutsche Asset Management. As an interested person, Mr. Schwarzer
         receives no compensation from the Fund.

(5)      Executive title, not a board directorship.

(6)      As a result of their respective positions held with the Advisor, these
         individuals are considered "interested persons" of the Advisor within
         the meaning of the 1940 Act. Interested persons receive no compensation
         from the Fund.

(7)      The length of time served represents the year in which the officer was
         first elected in such capacity for one or more DWS funds.

(8)      Address:  345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.

(9)      Address: One Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.

(10)     Address:  280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

Certain officers hold similar positions for other investment companies for which
DIMA or an affiliate serves as the Advisor.

Officer's Role with Principal Underwriter:  DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.

 Paul H. Schubert:                         Vice President
 Caroline Pearson:                         Secretary

Board Members' Responsibilities. The officers of the Trust manage its day-to-day
operations under the direction of the Board. The primary responsibility of the
Board is to represent the interests of the Fund and to provide oversight of the
management of the Fund.

Board Committees. The Board has established the following standing committees:
Audit Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, Contract Committee, Equity
Oversight Committee, Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight Committee, Marketing and
Shareholder Services Committee, and Operations Committee. For each committee,
the Board has adopted a written charter setting forth each committee's
responsibilities. Each committee was reconstituted effective April 1, 2008.

Audit Committee: The Audit Committee, which consists entirely of Independent
Board Members, assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibility for oversight
of (1) the integrity of the financial statements, (2) the Fund's accounting and
financial reporting policies and procedures, (3) the Fund's compliance with
legal and regulatory requirements related to accounting and financial reporting
and (4) the qualifications, independence and performance of the independent
registered public accounting firm for the Fund. It also approves and recommends
to the Board the appointment, retention or termination of the independent
registered public accounting firm for the Fund, reviews the scope of audit and
internal controls, considers and reports to the Board on matters relating to the
Fund's accounting and financial reporting practices, and performs such other
tasks as the full Board deems necessary or appropriate. The Audit Committee
receives annual representations from the independent registered public
accounting firm as to its independence. The members of the Audit Committee are
William McClayton (Chair), Kenneth C. Froewiss (Vice Chair), John W. Ballantine,
Henry P. Becton, Jr., Keith R. Fox and William N. Searcy, Jr. During the
calendar year 2007, the Audit Committee of the Fund's Board held nine (9)
meetings.

Nominating and Governance Committee: The Nominating and Governance Committee,
which consists entirely of Independent Board Members, recommends individuals for
membership on the Board, nominates officers, Board and committee chairs, vice
chairs and committee members, and oversees the operations of the Board. The
Nominating and Governance Committee also reviews recommendations by shareholders
for candidates for Board positions. Shareholders may recommend candidates for
Board positions by forwarding their correspondence by US mail or courier service
to Dawn-Marie Driscoll, P.O. Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33904. The members of
the Nominating and Governance Committee are Henry P. Becton, Jr. (Chair),
Rebecca W. Rimel (Vice Chair), Paul K. Freeman and William McClayton. During the
calendar year 2007, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Fund's
Board performed similar functions and held three (3) meetings.

Contract Committee: The Contract Committee, which consists entirely of
Independent Board Members, reviews at least annually, (a) the Fund's financial
arrangements with DIMA and its affiliates, and (b) the Fund's expense ratios.
The members of the Contract Committee are Robert H. Wadsworth (Chair), Keith R.
Fox (Vice Chair), Henry P. Becton, Jr., Richard J. Herring, William McClayton
and Jean Gleason Stromberg.

Equity Oversight Committee: The Equity Oversight Committee reviews the
investment operations of those funds that primarily invest in equity securities
(except for those funds managed by a quantitative investment team). The members
of the Equity Oversight Committee are John W. Ballantine (Chair), William
McClayton (Vice Chair), Henry P. Becton, Jr., Keith R. Fox, Richard J. Herring
and Rebecca W. Rimel. During the calendar year 2007, the Equity Oversight
Committee of the Fund's Board performed similar functions and held six (6)
meetings.

Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight Committee: The Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight
Committee reviews the investment operations of those funds that primarily invest
in fixed-income securities or are managed by a quantitative investment team. The
members of the Fixed-Income and Quant Oversight Committee are William N. Searcy,
Jr. (Chair), Jean Gleason Stromberg (Vice Chair), Dawn-Marie Driscoll, Paul K.
Freeman, Kenneth C. Froewiss and Robert H. Wadsworth. During the calendar year
2007, the Fixed-Income Oversight Committee of the Fund's Board performed similar
functions and held six (6) meetings.

Marketing and Shareholder Services Committee: The Marketing and Shareholder
Services Committee reviews the Fund's marketing program, sales practices and
literature and shareholder services. The members of the Marketing and
Shareholder Services Committee are Richard J. Herring (Chair), Dawn-Marie
Driscoll (Vice Chair), Paul K. Freeman, Rebecca W. Rimel, Jean Gleason Stromberg
and Robert H. Wadsworth. During the calendar year 2007, the
Marketing/Distribution/Shareholder Service Committee of the Fund's Board
performed similar functions and held seven (7) meetings.

The Operations Committee: The Operations Committee reviews the administrative
operations, legal affairs and general compliance matters of the Fund. The
Operations Committee reviews administrative matters related to the operations of
the Fund, policies and procedures relating to portfolio transactions, custody
arrangements, fidelity bond and insurance arrangements, valuation of Fund assets
and securities and such other tasks as the full Board deems necessary or
appropriate. The Operations Committee also oversees the valuation of the Fund's
securities and other assets and determines, as needed, the fair value of Fund
securities or other assets under certain circumstances as described in the
Fund's Valuation Procedures. The Operations Committee has appointed a Valuation
Sub-Committee, which may make determinations of fair value required when the
Operations Committee is not in session. The members of the Operations Committee
are Paul K. Freeman (Chair), Dawn-Marie Driscoll (Vice Chair), John W.
Ballantine, Kenneth C. Froewiss, Rebecca W. Rimel and William N. Searcy, Jr. The
members of the Valuation Sub-Committee are Kenneth C. Froewiss (Chair), John W.
Ballantine, Dawn-Marie Driscoll (Alternate), Paul K. Freeman (Alternate),
Rebecca W. Rimel (Alternate) and William N. Searcy, Jr. (Alternate). During the
calendar year 2007, the Expenses/Operations Committee and Valuation Committee
performed similar functions and each held nine (9) meetings and six (6)
meetings, respectively.

Ad Hoc Committees. In addition to the standing committees described above, from
time to time the Board may also form ad hoc committees to consider specific
issues.

Remuneration. Each Independent Board Member receives compensation from the Fund
for his or her services, which includes retainer fees and specified amounts for
various committee services and for the Board Chairperson. No additional
compensation is paid to any Independent Board Member for travel time to
meetings, attendance at directors' educational seminars or conferences, service
on industry or association committees, participation as speakers at directors'
conferences or service on special fund industry director task forces or
subcommittees. Independent Board Members do not receive any employee benefits
such as pension or retirement benefits or health insurance from the Fund or any
fund in the DWS fund complex.

Board Members who are officers, directors, employees or stockholders of Deutsche
Asset Management or its affiliates receive no direct compensation from the Fund,
although they are compensated as employees of Deutsche Asset Management, or its
affiliates, and as a result may be deemed to participate in fees paid by the
Fund. The following tables show compensation from the Fund and aggregate
compensation from all of the funds in the DWS fund complex received by each
Independent Board Member during the calendar year 2007. Mr. Schwarzer is an
interested person of the Fund and received no compensation from the Fund or any
fund in the DWS fund complex during the relevant periods.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       Total Compensation
                                        Aggregate Compensation from DWS                  from Fund and
  Name of Board Member                     Commodity Securities Fund                   DWS Fund Complex(1)
  --------------------                     -------------------------                   -------------------
<S>                                                    <C>                                      <C>
  John W. Ballantine                                   $0                                       $215,000
  Henry P. Becton, Jr.(2)                             $642                                      $200,000
  Dawn-Marie Driscoll(2)((3))                         $804                                      $253,000
  Keith R. Fox((2))                                   $647                                      $203,000
  Paul K. Freeman(4)                                   $0                                       $265,000
  Kenneth C. Froewiss(2)                              $638                                      $200,000
  Richard J. Herring(2)                               $621                                      $195,000
  William McClayton(5)                                 $0                                       $205,000
  Rebecca W. Rimel(2)                                 $605                                      $194,000
  William N. Searcy, Jr.(2)                           $638                                      $200,000
  Jean Gleason Stromberg((2))                         $602                                      $189,000
  Robert H. Wadsworth                                  $0                                       $245,250

(1)      The DWS fund complex is composed of 138 funds as of December 31, 2007.

(2)      Aggregate compensation includes amounts paid to the Board Members for
         special meetings of ad hoc committees of the Board in connection with
         the consolidation of the DWS fund boards and various funds, meetings
         for considering fund expense simplification initiatives, and
         consideration of issues specific to the Fund's direct shareholders
         (i.e., those shareholders who did not purchase shares through financial
         intermediaries). Such amounts totaled $1,000 for Mr. Becton, $1,000 for
         Ms. Driscoll, $1,000 for Mr. Fox, $1,000 for Mr. Froewiss, $1,000 for
         Dr. Herring, $5,000 for Ms. Rimel, $1,000 for Mr. Searcy and $1,000 for
         Ms. Stromberg. These meeting fees were borne by the Advisor.

(3)      Includes $50,000 in annual retainer fees received by Ms. Driscoll as
         Chairperson of certain DWS funds.

(4)      Includes $25,000 paid to Dr. Freeman for numerous special meetings of
         an ad hoc committee in connection with board consolidation initiatives
         and $50,000 in annual retainer fees received by Dr. Freeman as
         Chairperson of certain DWS funds.

(5)      Does not include $15,000 to be paid to Mr. McClayton in calendar year
         2008 for numerous special meetings of an ad hoc committee of the former
         Chicago Board in connection with board consolidation initiatives.

Dr. Freeman, prior to his service as Independent Board Member, served as a board
member of certain funds in the Deutsche Bank complex ("DB Funds"). In connection
with his resignation and the resignation of certain other board members of the
DB Funds on July 30, 2002 (the "Effective Date"), which was part of a
restructuring of the boards overseeing the DB Funds, Deutsche Asset Management,
Inc. ("DAMI") agreed to recommend, and, if necessary obtain, directors and
officers ("D&O") liability insurance coverage for the prior board members,
including Dr. Freeman, that is at least as equivalent in scope and amount to the
D&O coverage provided to the prior board members for the six-year period
following the Effective Date. In the event that D&O insurance coverage is not
available in the commercial marketplace on commercially reasonable terms from a
conventional third party insurer, DeAM reserved the right to provide
substantially equivalent protection in the form of an indemnity or financial
guarantee from an affiliate of DeAM. The D&O policy in effect prior to the
Effective Date provided aggregate coverage of $25,000,000, subject to a $250,000
per claim deductible.

Board Member Ownership in the Fund

The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities beneficially
owned by each Board Member in the Fund and DWS fund complex as of June 30, 2008.

                                                                                     Aggregate Dollar Range of
                                             Dollar Range of Beneficial         Ownership in all Funds Overseen by
                                             Ownership in DWS Commodity                    Board Member
Board Member                                       Securities Fund                 in the DWS Fund Complex(1)
------------                                       ---------------                 --------------------------

Independent Board Member:
-------------------------

John W. Ballantine                                      None                                  Over $100,000
Henry P. Becton, Jr.                                 $1-$10,000                               Over $100,000
Dawn-Marie Driscoll                                     None                                  Over $100,000
Keith R. Fox                                            None                                  Over $100,000
Paul K. Freeman                                         None                                  Over $100,000
Kenneth C. Froewiss                                     None                                  Over $100,000
Richard J. Herring                                      None                                  Over $100,000
William McClayton                                       None                                  Over $100,000
Rebecca W. Rimel                                        None                                  Over $100,000
William N. Searcy, Jr.                                  None                                  Over $100,000
Jean Gleason Stromberg                                  None                                  Over $100,000
Robert H. Wadsworth                                     None                                  Over $100,000

Interested Board Member:
------------------------

Axel Schwarzer                                          None                                  Over $100,000

(1)      Securities beneficially owned as defined under the 1934 Act include
         direct and/or indirect ownership of securities where the Board Member's
         economic interest is tied to the securities, employment ownership and
         securities when the Board Member can exert voting power, and when the
         Board Member has authority to sell the securities. The dollar ranges
         are: None, $1-$10,000, $10,001-$50,000, $50,001-$100,000 and over
         $100,000.

Ownership in Securities of the Advisor and Related Companies

As reported to the Fund, the information in the following table reflects
ownership by the Independent Board Members and their immediate family members of
certain securities as of December 31, 2007. Immediate family members can be a
spouse, children residing in the same household including step and adoptive
children, and any dependents. The securities represent ownership in the Advisor
or principal underwriter of the Fund and any persons (other than a registered
investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the Advisor or principal underwriter of the Fund (including
Deutsche Bank AG).


                                                                                   Value of        Percent of
                                   Owner and                                     Securities on     Class on an
Independent                     Relationship to                     Title of     an Aggregate       Aggregate
Board Member                      Board Member         Company        Class          Basis            Basis
------------                      ------------         -------        -----          -----            -----

John W. Ballantine                                      None
Henry P. Becton, Jr.                                    None
Dawn-Marie Driscoll                                     None
Keith R. Fox                                            None
Paul K. Freeman                                         None
Kenneth C. Froewiss                                     None
Richard J. Herring                                      None
William McClayton                                       None
Rebecca W. Rimel                                        None
William N. Searcy, Jr.                                  None
Jean Gleason Stromberg                                  None
Robert H. Wadsworth                                     None

Securities Beneficially Owned

As of September 8. 2008, the Board Members and officers of the Trust owned, as a
group, less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.

To the best of the Fund's knowledge, as of September 8. 2008, no person owned of
record or beneficially 5% or more of any class of the Fund's outstanding shares,
except as noted below.

DWS Commodity Securities Fund

Name and Address of Investor Ownership                          Shares                      % of Total Shares
--------------------------------------                          ------                      -----------------

MLPF&S FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF                               1,538,465.83                   9.38% of Class A
ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTN FUND ADM 9LNR4
JACKSONVILLE FL  32246-6484

LPL FINANCIAL                                                1,492,029.74                    9.1% of Class A
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPERATIONS
SAN DIEGO CA  92150-9046

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC                                  102,491.47                    8.37% of Class B
XXXXXXXXXX
ATTN PETER BOOTH 7TH FL
NEW YORK NY  10001-2402

MORGAN STANLEY & CO.                                           87,477.23                    7.14% of Class B
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA II 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ  07311

MLPF&S FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF                                429,605.57                    9.93% of Class C
ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTN FUND ADMINISTRATION
SEC #9LNR2
JACKSONVILLE FL  32246

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC                                  251,336.49                    5.81% of Class C
XXXXXXXXXX
ATTN PETER BOOTH 7TH FL
NEW YORK NY  10001-2402

MORGAN STANLEY & CO.                                          233,548.45                     5.4% of Class C
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA II 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ  07311

STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO CUST                            4,753,013.72             93.17% of Institutional Class
FBO DWS ALT ASSET ALLOC PLUS FUND
QUINCY MA  02171-2105

CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC                                       356,136.58                    19.78% of Class S
REINVEST ACCOUNT
SAN FRANCISCO CA  94104-4151

LPL FINANCIAL                                                  97,397.45                    5.41% of Class S
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPERATIONS
SAN DIEGO CA  92150-9046
</TABLE>





Agreement to Indemnify Independent Trustees for Certain Expenses

In connection with litigation or regulatory action related to possible improper
market timing or other improper trading activity or possible improper marketing
and sales activity in certain DWS Funds (the "Affected Funds"), DIMA has agreed
to indemnify and hold harmless the Affected Funds ("Fund Indemnification
Agreement") against any and all loss, damage, liability and expense, arising
from market timing or marketing and sales matters alleged in any enforcement
actions brought by governmental authorities involving or potentially affecting
the Affected Funds or DIMA ("Enforcement Actions") or that are the basis for
private actions brought by shareholders of the Affected Funds against the
Affected Funds, their directors and officers, DIMA and/or certain other parties
("Private Litigation"), or any proceedings or actions that may be threatened or
commenced in the future by any person (including governmental authorities),
arising from or similar to the matters alleged in the Enforcement Actions or
Private Litigation. In recognition of its undertaking to indemnify the Affected
Funds and in light of the rebuttable presumption generally afforded to
independent directors/trustees of investment companies that they have not
engaged in disabling conduct, DIMA has also agreed, subject to applicable law
and regulation, to indemnify certain (or, with respect to certain Affected
Funds, all) of the Independent Trustees of the Affected Funds, against certain
liabilities the Independent Trustees may incur from the matters alleged in any
Enforcement Actions or Private Litigation or arising from or similar to the
matters alleged in the Enforcement Actions or Private Litigation, and advance
expenses that may be incurred by the Independent Trustees in connection with any
Enforcement Actions or Private Litigation. DIMA is not, however, required to
provide indemnification and advancement of expenses: (1) with respect to any
proceeding or action which the Affected Funds' Board determines that the
Independent Trustees ultimately would not be entitled to indemnification or (2)
for any liability of the Independent Trustees to the Affected Funds or their
shareholders to which the Independent Trustee would otherwise be subject by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard
of the Independent Trustee's duties as a director or trustee of the Affected
Funds as determined in a final adjudication in such action or proceeding. The
estimated amount of any expenses that may be advanced to the Independent
Trustees or indemnity that may be payable under the indemnity agreements is
currently unknown. These agreements by DIMA will survive the termination of the
investment management agreements between DIMA and the Affected Funds.




                                FUND ORGANIZATION


The DWS Commodity Securities Fund is a non-diversified series of DWS
Institutional Funds. The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust and is governed
by an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated June 22, 2008, as may be
further amended from time to time (the "Declaration of Trust"). The Trust offers
shares of beneficial interest of separate series, par value $0.001 per share.
The shares of the other series of the Trust are offered through separate
prospectuses and statements of additional information. The shares of each series
participate equally in the earnings, dividends and assets of the particular
series. The Trust may create and issue additional series of shares. The Trust's
Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to divide or combine the shares into a
greater or lesser number of shares without thereby changing the proportionate
beneficial interest in a series. Each share represents an equal proportionate
interest in a series with each other share. Shares when issued are fully paid
and non-assessable, except as set forth below. Shareholders are entitled to one
vote for each share held. No series of shares has any preference over any other
series.


The Trust is an entity commonly known as a "Massachusetts business trust."
Massachusetts law provides that shareholders could under certain circumstances
be held personally liable for the obligations of the Trust. However, the
Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of
the Trust and requires that notice of this disclaimer be given in each
agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by the Trust or a
Trustee. The Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification from the Trust's
property for all losses and expenses of any shareholder held personally liable
for the obligations of the Trust. Thus, the risk of shareholders incurring
financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances
in which both inadequate insurance existed and the Trust itself was unable to
meet its obligations, a possibility that the Trust believes is remote. Upon
payment of any liability incurred by the Trust, the shareholder paying the
liability will be entitled to reimbursement from the general assets of the
Trust. The Trustees intend to conduct the operations of the Trust in a manner so
as to avoid, as far as possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders for
liabilities of the Trust.

The Trust is not required to hold annual meetings of shareholders but will hold
special meetings of shareholders when in the judgment of the Trustees it is
necessary or desirable to submit matters for a shareholder vote. Shareholders
have under certain circumstances the right to communicate with other
shareholders in connection with requesting a meeting of shareholders for the
purpose of removing one or more Trustees without a meeting. When matters are
submitted for shareholder vote, shareholders of the Fund will have one vote for
each full share held and proportionate, fractional votes for fractional shares
held. A separate vote of the Fund is required on any matter affecting the Fund
on which shareholders are entitled to vote. Shareholders generally vote by Fund,
except with respect to the election of Trustees and the ratification of the
selection of independent auditors. Shareholders of the Fund are not entitled to
vote on Trust matters that do not affect the Fund. There normally will be no
meetings of shareholders for the purpose of electing Trustees unless and until
such time as less than a majority of Trustees holding office have been elected
by shareholders, at which time the Trustees then in office will call a
shareholders' meeting for the election of Trustees. Any Trustee may be removed
from office upon the vote of shareholders holding at least two-thirds of the
Trust's outstanding shares at a meeting called for that purpose. The Trustees
are required to call such a meeting upon the written request of shareholders
holding at least 10% of the Trust's outstanding shares.

Shares of the Trust do not have cumulative voting rights, which means that
holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Trustees can
elect all Trustees. Shares are transferable but have no preemptive, conversion
or subscription rights. Upon liquidation of the Fund, shareholders of the Fund
would be entitled to share pro rata in the net assets of the Fund available for
distribution to shareholders.

                             PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES

The Fund has delegated proxy voting responsibilities to its investment advisor,
subject to the Board's general oversight. The Fund has delegated proxy voting to
the Advisor with the direction that proxies should be voted consistent with the
Fund's best economic interests. The Advisor has adopted its own Proxy Voting
Policies and Procedures ("Policies"), and Proxy Voting Guidelines ("Guidelines")
for this purpose. The Policies address, among other things, conflicts of
interest that may arise between the interests of the Fund, and the interests of
the Advisor and its affiliates, including the Fund's principal underwriter. The
Guidelines set forth the Advisor's general position on various proposals, such
as:

o        Shareholder Rights -- The Advisor generally votes against proposals
         that restrict shareholder rights.

o        Corporate Governance -- The Advisor generally votes for confidential
         and cumulative voting and against supermajority voting requirements for
         charter and bylaw amendments. The Advisory generally votes for
         proposals to restrict a chief executive officer from serving on more
         than three outside boards of directors. The Advisor generally votes
         against proposals that require a company to appoint a Chairman who is
         an independent director.

o        Anti-Takeover Matters -- The Advisor generally votes for proposals that
         require shareholder ratification of poison pills or that request boards
         to redeem poison pills, and votes against the adoption of poison pills
         if they are submitted for shareholder ratification. The Advisor
         generally votes for fair price proposals.

o        Compensation Matters -- The Advisor generally votes for executive cash
         compensation proposals, unless they are unreasonably excessive. The
         Advisor generally votes against stock option plans that do not meet the
         Advisor's criteria.

o        Routine Matters -- The Advisor generally votes for the ratification of
         auditors, procedural matters related to the annual meeting and changes
         in company name, and against bundled proposals and adjournment.

The general provisions described above do not apply to investment companies. The
Advisor generally votes proxies solicited by investment companies in accordance
with the recommendations of an independent third party, except for proxies
solicited by or with respect to investment companies for which the Advisor or an
affiliate serves as investment advisor or principal underwriter ("affiliated
investment companies"). The Advisor votes affiliated investment company proxies
in the same proportion as the vote of the investment company's other
shareholders (sometimes called "mirror" or "echo" voting). Master fund proxies
solicited from feeder funds are voted in accordance with applicable requirements
of the 1940 Act.

Although the Guidelines set forth the Advisor's general voting positions on
various proposals, the Advisor may, consistent with the Fund's best interests,
determine under some circumstances to vote contrary to those positions.

The Guidelines on a particular issue may or may not reflect the view of
individual members of the Board or of a majority of the Board. In addition, the
Guidelines may reflect a voting position that differs from the actual practices
of the public companies within the Deutsche Bank organization or of the
investment companies for which the Advisor or an affiliate serves as investment
advisor or sponsor.

The Advisor may consider the views of a portfolio company's management in
deciding how to vote a proxy or in establishing general voting positions for the
Guidelines, but management's views are not determinative.

As mentioned above, the Policies describe the way in which the Advisor resolves
conflicts of interest. To resolve conflicts, the advisor, under normal
circumstances, votes proxies in accordance with its Guidelines. If the Advisor
departs from the Guidelines with respect to a particular proxy or if the
Guidelines do not specifically address a certain proxy proposal, a proxy voting
committee established by the advisor will vote the proxy. Before voting any such
proxy, however, the Advisor's conflicts review committee will conduct an
investigation to determine whether any potential conflicts of interest exist in
connection with the particular proxy proposal. If the conflicts review committee
determines that the Advisor has a material conflict of interest, or certain
individuals on the proxy voting committee should be recused from participating
in a particular proxy vote, it will inform the proxy voting committee. If
notified that the Advisor has a material conflict, or fewer than three voting
members are eligible to participate in the proxy vote, typically the Advisor
will engage an independent third party to vote the proxy or follow the proxy
voting recommendations of an independent third party.

Under certain circumstances, the Advisor may not be able to vote proxies or the
Advisor may find that the expected economic costs from voting outweigh the
benefits associated with voting. For example, the Advisor may not vote proxies
on certain foreign securities due to local restrictions or customs. The Advisor
generally does not vote proxies on securities subject to share blocking
restrictions.


You may obtain information about how a Fund voted proxies related to its
portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 by visiting the
Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov or by visiting our
Web site at: www.dws-investments.com for Class S shares, or
www.dws-investments.com for all other classes (check in "proxy voting" as the
bottom of the page).


                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


The financial statements, including the portfolio of investments of the Fund,
together with the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,
Financial Highlights and notes to financial statements in the Annual Report to
Shareholders dated June 30, 2008 for the Fund are incorporated herein by
reference and are hereby deemed to be a part of this SAI.


                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The CUSIP number for Class S of DWS Commodity Securities Fund is: 23339C800.

DWS Commodity Securities Fund has a fiscal year ending June 30.

Many of the investment changes in the Fund will be made at prices different from
those prevailing at the time they may be reflected in a regular report to
shareholders of the Fund. These transactions will reflect investment decisions
made by the Advisor in light of the Fund's investment objective and policies,
its other portfolio holdings and tax considerations, and should not be construed
as recommendations for similar action by other investors.


The Fund's prospectus and this SAI omit certain information contained in the
Registration Statement and its amendments which the Fund has filed with the SEC
under the Securities Act of 1933 and reference is hereby made to the
Registration Statement for further information with respect to the Fund and the
securities offered hereby. The Registration Statement and its amendments are
available for inspection by the public at the offices of the SEC in Washington,
D.C.



                                    APPENDIX

RATINGS OF INVESTMENTS

Description of certain ratings assigned by S&P and Moody's:

S&P Long-Term

"AAA" -- An obligation rated "AAA" has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The
obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is
extremely strong.

"AA" -- An obligation rated "AA" differs from the highest rated obligations only
in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation is very strong.

"A" -- An obligation rated "A" is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse
effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in
higher rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation is still strong.

"BBB" -- An obligation rated "BBB" exhibits adequate protection parameters.
However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely
to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment
on the obligation.

"BB," "B," "CCC," "CC," and "C" -- Obligations rated "BB," "B," "CCC," "CC," and
"C" are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. "BB"
indicates the least degree of speculation and "C" the highest. While such
obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these
may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse
conditions.

"BB" -- An obligation rated "BB" is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other
speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to
adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the
obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation.

"B" -- An obligation rated "B" is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations
rated "BB," but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic
conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation.

"CCC" -- An obligation rated "CCC" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is
dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the
obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of
adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely
to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

"CC" -- An obligation rated "CC" is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

"C" -- A subordinated debt or preferred stock obligation rated "C" is currently
highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The "C" rating may be used to cover a situation
where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken, but payments
on this obligation are being continued. A "C" also will be assigned to a
preferred stock issue in arrears on dividends or sinking fund payments, but that
is currently paying.

"D" -- An obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating category is
used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the
applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that such payments
will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be used upon the
filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on
an obligation are jeopardized.

"r" -- The symbol "r" is attached to the ratings of instruments with significant
noncredit risks. It highlights risks to principal or volatility of expected
returns which are not addressed in the credit rating. Examples include:
obligations linked or indexed to equities, currencies, or commodities;
obligations exposed to severe prepayment risk -- such as interest-only or
principal-only mortgage securities; and obligations with unusually risky
interest terms, such as inverse floaters.

"N.R." -- The designation "N.R." indicates that no rating has been requested,
that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that S&P
does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.

Note: The ratings from "AA" to "CCC" may be modified by the addition of a plus
(+) or minus (--) sign designation to show relative standing within the major
rating categories.

Short-Term

"A-1" -- A short-term obligation rated "A-1" is rated in the highest category by
S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation
is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are given a plus sign (+)
designation. This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial
commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

"A-2" -- A short-term obligation rated "A-2" is somewhat more susceptible to the
adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than
obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet
its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

"A-3" -- A short-term obligation rated "A-3" exhibits adequate protection
parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are
more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation.

"B" -- A short-term obligation rated "B" is regarded as having significant
speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation; however, it faces major ongoing
uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet is
financial commitment on the obligation.

"C" -- A short-term obligation rated "C" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment
and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for
the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

"D" -- A short-term obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating
category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due
even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that
such payments will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be
used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action
if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

Note: Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification from "Aa" through "Caa". The modifier 1 indicates that the
obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier
2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the
lower end of that generic rating category.

Preferred Stock

Because of the fundamental differences between preferred stocks and bonds,
Moody's employs a variation of our familiar bond rating symbols in the quality
ranking of preferred stock.

These symbols, presented below, are designed to avoid comparison with bond
quality in absolute terms. It should always be borne in mind that preferred
stock occupies a junior position to bonds within a particular capital structure
and that these securities are rated within the universe of preferred stocks.

"aaa" -- An issue rated "aaa" is considered to be a top-quality preferred stock.
This rating indicates good asset protection and the least risk of dividend
impairment within the universe of preferred stocks.

"aa" -- An issue rated "aa" is considered a high-grade preferred stock. This
rating indicates that there is a reasonable assurance the earnings and asset
protection will remain relatively well maintained in the foreseeable future.

"a" -- An issue rated "a" is considered to be an upper-medium-grade preferred
stock. While risks are judged to be somewhat greater than in the "aaa" and "aa"
classifications, earnings and asset protection are, nevertheless, expected to be
maintained at adequate levels.

"baa" -- An issue rated "baa" is considered to be a medium-grade preferred
stock, neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Earnings and asset
protection appear adequate at present, but may be questionable over any great
length of time.

"ba" -- An issue rated "ba" is considered to have speculative elements. Its
future cannot be considered well assured. Earnings and asset protection may be
very moderate and not well safeguarded during adverse periods. Uncertainty of
position characterizes preferred stocks in this class.

"b" -- An issue rated "b" generally lacks the characteristics of a desirable
investment. Assurance of dividend payments and maintenance of other terms of the
issue over any long period of time may be small.

"caa" -- An issue rated "caa" is likely to be in arrears on dividend payments.
This rating designation does not purport to indicate the future status of
payments.

"ca" -- An issue rated "ca" is speculative in a high degree and is likely to be
in arrears on dividends with little likelihood of eventual payments.

"c" -- This is the lowest-rated class of preferred or preference stock. Issues
so rated can thus be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever
attaining any real investment standing.

Note: As in the case of bond ratings, Moody's applies to preferred stock ratings
the numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in rating classifications "aa" through "b".
The modifier 1 indicates that the security ranks in the higher end of its
generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the
modifier 3 indicates that the issue ranks in the lower end of its generic rating
category.

Prime Rating System (Short-Term)

Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for
repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will
often be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:

o        Leading market positions in well-established industries.

o        High rates of return on funds employed.

o        Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt
         and ample asset protection.

o        Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high
         internal cash generation.

o        Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured
         sources of alternate liquidity.

Issuers rated Prime-2 (or supporting institutions) have a strong ability for
repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This will normally be evidenced
by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings
trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation.
Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by
external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated Prime-3 (or supporting institutions) have an acceptable ability
for repayment of senior short-term obligations. The effect of industry
characteristics and market compositions may be more pronounced. Variability in
earnings and profitability may result in changes in the level of debt protection
measurements and may require relatively high financial leverage. Adequate
alternate liquidity is maintained.

Issuers rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.

Description of S&P commercial paper ratings:
Commercial paper rated A-1 by S&P indicates that the degree of safety regarding
timely payment is either overwhelming or very strong. Those issues determined to
possess overwhelming safety characteristics are denoted A-1+.

Description of Moody's commercial paper ratings:
The rating Prime-1 is the highest commercial paper rating assigned by Moody's.
Issuers rated Prime-1 (or related supporting institutions) are considered to
have a superior capacity for repayment of short-term promissory obligations.

Description of Fitch commercial paper ratings:
F1+--Exceptionally Strong Credit Quality. Issues assigned this rating are
regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F1--Very Strong Credit Quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance
of timely payment only slightly less in degree than the strongest issue.

Statement Of Differences

The dagger symbol shall be expressed as "D."

Characters normally expressed as superscript shall be preceded by "pp."

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                            PART C. OTHER INFORMATION


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Item 23           Exhibits:
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                   <S>     <C>            <C>
                  (a)      (1)   Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated June 2, 2008; (14)

                           (2)   Amended and Restated Designation of Series and Classes dated June 27, 2006; (15)

                           (3)   Redesignation of Class of Shares of Beneficial Interest dated October 20, 2006; (17)

                           (4)   Restated Designation of Series and Classes of Shares of Beneficial Interest dated
                                 December 20, 2006; (17)

                  (b)            By-Laws, dated April 1, 2008; (14)

                  (c)            Incorporated by reference to (a) above;

                  (d)      (1)   Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement dated July 1, 2006, on behalf of
                                 DWS Commodity Securities Fund, DWS EAFE Equity Index Fund, DWS U.S. Bond Index Fund;
                                 Cash Management Fund Institutional, Cash Reserves Fund Institutional, Treasury Money
                                 Fund Investment, DWS Equity 500 Index Fund, Daily Assets Fund Institutional, DWS
                                 Inflation Protected Plus Fund; (16)

                           (2)   Sub-Advisory Agreement between Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. and
                                 Northern Trust Investments, N.A., dated April 25, 2003, as revised January 1, 2007;
                                 (18)

                  (e)      (1)   Distribution Agreement dated August 19, 2002; (3)

                           (2)   Exclusive Placement Agent Agreement dated August 19, 2002; (3)

                           (3)   Amendment to Distribution Agreement dated August 19, 2002; (3)

                  (f)            Inapplicable;

                  (g)      (1)   Master Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company
                                 dated March 22, 2007; (19)

                           (2)   Master Custodian Agreement between Registrant, on behalf of DWS
                                 Commodity Securities Fund, and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., dated February 1, 2007; (19)

                  (h)      (1)   Amended Administrative Services Agreement, dated June 1, 2006 and revised as of
                                 October 1, 2007, between the Registrant and Deutsche Investment Management Americas
                                 Inc.; (20)

                           (2)   Form of Indemnification Agreements; (7)

                           (3)   Shareholder Services Plan dated June 1, 2006 on behalf of Cash Management Fund
                                 Institutional, Cash Reserves Fund Institutional and Treasury Money Fund Investment;
                                 (16)

                           (4)   Form of Mutual Fund Rule 22c-2 Information Sharing Agreement between DWS Scudder
                                 Distributors, Inc. and certain financial intermediaries; (14)

                           (5)   Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Registrant and DWS Scudder Investments
                                 Service Company, dated July 1, 2006; (17)

                           (6)   Form of Expense Limitation Agreement, dated October 1, 2007, between the Registrant
                                 and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.; (14)

                  (i)      (1)   Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel to the Registrant, with respect to
                                 DWS EAFE(R) Equity Index Fund and DWS U.S. Bond Index Fund; (12)


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                           (2)   Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP, Massachusetts counsel to the Registrant, with
                                 respect to DWS EAFE(R) Equity Index Fund and DWS U.S. Bond Index Fund; (12)

                           (3)   Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel to the Registrant, with respect to
                                 Scudder Commodities Securities Fund; (8)

                           (4)   Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP, Massachusetts counsel to the Registrant, with
                                 respect to Scudder Commodities Securities Fund; (8)

                           (5)   Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel to the Registrant, with respect to
                                 Scudder Inflation Protected Plus Fund; (10)

                           (6)   Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP, Massachusetts counsel to the Registrant, with
                                 respect to Scudder Inflation Protected Plus Fund; (10)

                           (7)   Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel to the Registrant, with respect to
                                 Scudder Cash Management Fund Institutional, Scudder Cash Reserves Fund Institutional,
                                 Scudder Treasury Money Fund Institutional and Scudder Equity 500 Index Fund; (6)

                           (8)   Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP, Massachusetts counsel to the Registrant, with
                                 respect to Scudder Cash Management Fund Institutional, Scudder Cash Reserves Fund
                                 Institutional, Scudder Treasury Money Fund Institutional and Scudder Equity 500 Index
                                 Fund; (6)

                  (j)            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herein);

                  (k)            Omitted Financial Statements - Not Applicable;

                  (1)      (1)   Investment representation letter of initial shareholder of Equity 500 Index Fund; (2)

                           (2)   Investment representation letter of initial shareholder of Daily Assets Fund
                                 Institutional; (1)


                           (3)   Purchase Agreement dated February 4, 2005, between Scudder Institutional Funds, on
                                 behalf of Scudder Commodities Fund, and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.;
                                 (9)


                           (4)   Purchase Agreement dated June 27, 2005, between Scudder Institutional Funds, on behalf
                                 of DWS Inflation Protected Plus Fund, and Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.; (10)

                  (m)      (1)   Rule 12b-1 Plan dated June 27, 2006 for DWS Commodity Securities Fund, Class A Shares;
                                 (15)

                           (2)   Rule 12b-1 Plan dated June 27, 2006 for DWS Commodity Securities Fund, Class B Shares;
                                 (15)

                           (3)   Rule 12b-1 Plan dated June 27, 2006 for DWS Commodity Securities Fund, Class C Shares;
                                 (15)

                           (4)   Rule 12b-1 Plan dated June 27, 2006, for DWS Inflation Protected Plus Fund, Class A
                                 Shares; (16)

                           (5)   Rule 12b-1 Plan dated June 27, 2006, for DWS Inflation Protected Plus Fund, Class B
                                 Shares; (16)

                           (6)   Rule 12b-1 Plan dated June 27, 2006, for DWS Inflation Protected Plus Fund, Class C
                                 Shares; (16)

                  (n)      (1)   Multiple Class Expense Allocation Plan Adopted Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 dated June 27,
                                 2005; (10)

                           (2)   Form of Amended and Restated Multi-Distribution System Plan; (17)

                  (p)      (1)   Code of Ethics for Deutsche Asset Management -- U.S., dated January 1, 2008; (19)

                           (2)   Consolidated Fund Code of Ethics dated March 14, 2006; (16)

                           (3)   The Code of Ethics of Northern Trust Investments, N.A. dated February 1, 2005; (11)

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(1)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the
         Registration Statement as filed with the Commission on September 24,
         1996.

(2)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the
         Registration Statement as filed with the Commission on April 30, 1992.

(3)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on February 24, 2003.

(5)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on February 27, 2004.

(6)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on April 29, 2004.

(7)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on November 16, 2004.

(8)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on January 28, 2005.

(9)      Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on February 4, 2005.

(10)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on July 1, 2005.

(11)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on April 28, 2006.

(12)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on June 13, 2006;

(13)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on June 30, 2006.

(14)     Filed herein.

(15)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on September 29, 2006.

(16)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on January 26, 2007.

(17)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on April 30, 2007.

(18)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 70 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on October 1, 2007.

(19)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on January 28, 2008.

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(20)     Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 72 to the Registration Statement as
         filed with the Commission on April 29, 2008.
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Item 24.          Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant
--------          -------------------------------------------------------------

                  Information pertaining to persons controlled by or under
                  common control with Registrant is incorporated by reference
                  from the Statement of Additional Information contained in Part
                  B of this Registration Statement.

Item 25.          Indemnification
--------          ---------------

                  Article IV of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement
                  and Declaration of Trust (Exhibit (a)(1) hereto, which is
                  incorporated herein by reference) provides in effect that the
                  Registrant will indemnify its officers and trustees under
                  certain circumstances. However, in accordance with Section
                  17(h) and 17(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and its
                  own terms, said Article of the Agreement and Declaration of
                  Trust does not protect any person against any liability to the
                  Registrant or its shareholders to which such Trustee would
                  otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
                  faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties
                  involved in the conduct of his or her office.

                  Each of the trustees who is not an "interested person" (as
                  defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940) of
                  Registrant (a "Non-interested Trustee") has entered into an
                  indemnification agreement with Registrant, which agreement
                  provides that the Registrant shall indemnify the
                  Non-interested Trustee against certain liabilities which such
                  Trustee may incur while acting in the capacity as a trustee,
                  officer or employee of the Registrant to the fullest extent
                  permitted by law, now or in the future, and requires
                  indemnification and advancement of expenses unless prohibited
                  by law. The indemnification agreement cannot be altered
                  without the consent of the Non-interested Trustee and is not
                  affected by amendment of the Agreement and Declaration of
                  Trust. In addition, the indemnification agreement adopts
                  certain presumptions and procedures which may make the process
                  of indemnification and advancement of expenses, more timely,
                  efficient and certain. In accordance with Section 17(h) of the
                  Investment Company Act of 1940, the indemnification agreement
                  does not protect a Non-interested Trustee against any
                  liability to the Registrant or its shareholders to which such
                  Trustee would otherwise be subject by reason of willful
                  misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless
                  disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her
                  office.

                  The Registrant has purchased insurance policies insuring its
                  officers and trustees against certain liabilities which such
                  officers and trustees may incur while acting in such
                  capacities and providing reimbursement to the Registrant for
                  sums which it may be permitted or required to pay to its
                  officers and trustees by way of indemnification against such
                  liabilities, subject to certain deductibles.

                  On April 5, 2002, Zurich Scudder Investments, Inc.
                  ("Scudder"), the investment adviser, now known as Deutsche
                  Investment Management Americas Inc., was acquired by Deutsche
                  Bank AG, not including certain U.K. Operations (the
                  "Transaction"). In connection with the Trustees' evaluation of
                  the Transaction, Deutsche Bank agreed to indemnify, defend and
                  hold harmless Registrant and the trustees who were not
                  "interested persons" of Scudder, Deutsche Bank or Registrant
                  (the "Independent Trustees") for and against any liability and
                  claims and expenses based upon or arising from, whether in
                  whole or in part, or directly or indirectly, any untrue
                  statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact made
                  to the Independent Trustees by Deutsche Bank in connection
                  with the Independent Trustees' consideration of the
                  Transaction, or any omission or alleged omission of a material
                  fact necessary in order to make statements made, in light of
                  the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.


                                       6
<PAGE>

                  Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA"), the
                  investment advisor, has agreed, subject to applicable law and
                  regulation, to indemnify and hold harmless the Registrant
                  against any loss, damage, liability and expense, including,
                  without limitation, the advancement and payment, as incurred,
                  of reasonable fees and expenses of counsel (including counsel
                  to the Registrant and counsel to the Non-interested Trustees)
                  and consultants, whether retained by the Registrant or the
                  Non-interested Trustees, and other customary costs and
                  expenses incurred by the Registrant in connection with any
                  litigation or regulatory action related to possible improper
                  market timing or other improper trading activity or possible
                  improper marketing and sales activity in the Registrant
                  ("Private Litigation and Enforcement Actions"). In the event
                  that this indemnification is unavailable to the Registrant for
                  any reason, then DIMA has agreed to contribute to the amount
                  paid or payable by the Registrant as a result of any loss,
                  damage, liability or expense in such proportion as is
                  appropriate to reflect the relative fault of DIMA and the
                  Registrant with respect to the matters which resulted in such
                  loss, damage, liability or expense, as well as any other
                  relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, if no
                  final determination is made in such action or proceeding as to
                  the relative fault of DIMA and the Registrant, then DIMA shall
                  pay the entire amount of such loss, damage, liability or
                  expense.

                  In recognition of its undertaking to indemnify the Registrant,
                  DIMA has also agreed, subject to applicable law and
                  regulation, to indemnify and hold harmless each of the
                  Non-interested Trustees against any and all loss, damage,
                  liability and expense, including without limitation the
                  advancement and payment as incurred of reasonable fees and
                  expenses of counsel and consultants, and other customary costs
                  and expenses incurred by the Non-interested Trustees, arising
                  from the Private Litigation and Enforcement, including without
                  limitation:

                  1. all reasonable legal and other expenses incurred by the
                  Non-interested Trustees in connection with the Private
                  Litigation and Enforcement Actions, and any actions that may
                  be threatened or commenced in the future by any person
                  (including any governmental authority), arising from or
                  similar to the matters alleged in the Private Litigation and
                  Enforcement Actions, including without limitation expenses
                  related to the defense of, service as a witness in, or
                  monitoring of such proceedings or actions;

                  2. all liabilities and expenses incurred by any Non-interested
                  Trustee in connection with any judgment resulting from, or
                  settlement of, any such proceeding, action or matter;

                  3. any loss or expense incurred by any Non-interested Trustee
                  as a result of the denial of, or dispute about, any insurance
                  claim under, or actual or purported rescission or termination
                  of, any policy of insurance arranged by DIMA (or by a
                  representative of DIMA acting as such, acting as a
                  representative of the Registrant or of the Non-interested
                  Trustees or acting otherwise) for the benefit of the
                  Non-interested Trustee, to the extent that such denial,
                  dispute or rescission is based in whole or in part upon any
                  alleged misrepresentation made in the application for such
                  policy or any other alleged improper conduct on the part of
                  DIMA, any of its corporate affiliates, or any of their
                  directors, officers or employees;

                  4. any loss or expense incurred by any Non-interested Trustee,
                  whether or not such loss or expense is otherwise covered under
                  the terms of a policy of insurance, but for which the
                  Non-interested Trustee is unable to obtain advancement of
                  expenses or indemnification under that policy of insurance,
                  due to the exhaustion of policy limits which is due in whole
                  or in part to DIMA or any affiliate thereof having received
                  advancement of expenses or indemnification under that policy
                  for or with respect to a matter which is the subject of the
                  indemnification agreement; provided, however, the total amount
                  which DIMA will be obligated to pay under this provision for
                  all loss or expense, will not exceed the amount that DIMA and
                  any of its affiliate actually receive under that policy or
                  insurance for or with respect to a matter which is the subject
                  of the indemnification agreement; and


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<PAGE>

                  5. all liabilities and expenses incurred by any Non-interested
                  Trustee in connection with any proceeding or action to enforce
                  his or her rights under the agreement, unless DIMA prevails on
                  the merits of any such dispute in a final, nonappealable court
                  order.

                  DIMA is not required to pay costs or expenses or provide
                  indemnification to or for any individual Non-interested
                  Trustee (i) with respect to any particular proceeding or
                  action as to which the Board of the Registrant has determined
                  that such Non-interested Trustee ultimately will not be
                  entitled to indemnification with respect thereto, or (ii) for
                  any liability of the Non-interested Trustee to the Registrant
                  or its shareholders to which such Non-interested Trustee would
                  otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
                  faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the
                  Non-interested Trustee's duties as a Trustee of the Registrant
                  as determined in a final adjudication in such proceeding or
                  action. In addition, to the extent that DIMA has paid costs or
                  expenses under the agreement to any individual Non-interested
                  Trustee with respect to a particular proceeding or action, and
                  there is a final adjudication in such proceeding or action of
                  the Non-interested Trustee's liability to the Registrant or
                  its shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
                  gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the Non-interested
                  Trustee's duties as a Trustee of the Registrant, such
                  Non-interested Trustee has undertaken to repay such costs or
                  expenses to DIMA.

Item 26.          Business and Other Connections of Investment Advisor
--------          ----------------------------------------------------

                  During the last two fiscal years, no director or officer of
                  Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., the investment
                  advisor, has engaged in any other business, profession,
                  vocation or employment of a substantial nature other than that
                  of the business of investment management and, through
                  affiliates, investment banking.

Item 27.          Principal Underwriters
--------          ----------------------

                  (a)

                  DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. acts as principal
                  underwriter of the Registrant's shares and acts as principal
                  underwriter for registered open-end management investment
                  companies other funds managed by Deutsche Investment
                  Management Americas Inc.

                  (b)

                  Information on the officers and directors of DWS Investments
                  Distributors, Inc., principal underwriter for the Registrant,
                  is set forth below. The principal business address is 222
                  South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           (1)                                  (2)                                  (3)
          DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.
          Name and Principal                       Positions and Offices with               Positions and
          Business Address                         DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.       Offices with Registrant
          ----------------                         ----------------------------------       -----------------------
                <S>                                             <C>                          <C>
         Philipp Hensler                          Director, Chairman of the Board and CEO   None
         345 Park Avenue
         New York, NY 10154

         Michael Colon                            Director and Chief Operating Officer      None
         345 Park Avenue
         New York, NY 10154


                                       8
<PAGE>
                           (1)                                  (2)                                  (3)
          DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.
          Name and Principal                       Positions and Offices with               Positions and
          Business Address                         DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.       Offices with Registrant
          ----------------                         ----------------------------------       -----------------------

         Thomas Winnick                           Director and President                    None
         345 Park Avenue
         New York, NY 10154

         Cliff Goldstein                          Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer     None
         100 Plaza One
         Jersey City, NJ 07311

         Robert Froehlich                         Vice President                            None
         222 South Riverside Plaza
         Chicago, IL 60606

         Paul Schubert                            Vice President                            Chief Financial Officer and
         345 Park Avenue                                                                    Treasurer
         New York, NY 10154

         Mark Perrelli                            Vice President                            None
         345 Park Avenue
         New York, NY 10154

         Donna White                              Chief Compliance Officer                  None
         280 Park Avenue
         New York, NY 10017

         Jason Vazquez                            Vice President and AML Compliance         Anti-Money Laundering
         280 Park Avenue                          Officer                                   Compliance Officer
         New York, NY 10017

         Caroline Pearson                         Secretary                                 Assistant Secretary
         One Beacon Street
         Boston, MA 02108

         Philip J. Collora                        Assistant Secretary                       None
         222 South Riverside Plaza
         Chicago, IL 60606

         Anjie LaRocca                            Assistant Secretary                       None
         280 Park Avenue
         New York, NY 10017
</TABLE>


         (c)      Not applicable


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<PAGE>


Item 28.          Location of Accounts and Records
--------          --------------------------------

    DWS Institutional Funds:                           345 Park Avenue
    (Registrant)                                       New York, New York  10154

    Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.       345 Park Avenue
    (Investment Advisor)                               New York, NY 10154

    Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.       345 Park Avenue
    (Administrator)                                    New York, NY 10154

                                                       One Beacon Street
                                                       Boston, MA 02108

    DWS Investments Service Company                    222 South Riverside Plaza
    (Transfer Agent)                                   Chicago, IL 60606

    DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.                 222 South Riverside Plaza
    (Distributor)                                      Chicago, IL 60606

    State Street Bank and Trust Company                225 Franklin Street
    (Custodian)                                        Boston, MA 02110

    Brown Brothers Harriman                            40 Water Street
    (Custodian)                                        Boston, MA 02110

    DST Systems, Inc.                                  333 West 11th Street
    (Sub-Transfer Agent and                            Kansas City, MO 64105
    Sub-Dividend Distribution Agent)

Item 29           Management Services:
-------           --------------------

                  Not applicable

Item 30           Undertakings:
-------           -------------

                  Not applicable



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<PAGE>





                                   SIGNATURES
                                   ----------


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this amendment
to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on
the 22nd day of September 2008.


                                              DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

                                                By:  /s/ Michael G. Clark
                                                     --------------------
                                                     Michael G. Clark*
                                                     President

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                                  TITLE                                        DATE
---------                                  -----                                        ----
<S>                                         <C>                                            <C>
/s/ Michael G. Clark
-------------------------------------
Michael G. Clark *                         President                                    September 22, 2008

/s/Paul H. Schubert
-------------------------------------
Paul H. Schubert                           Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer        September 22, 2008

/s/John W. Ballantine
-------------------------------------
John W. Ballantine*                        Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.
-------------------------------------
Henry P. Becton, Jr.*                      Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
-------------------------------------
Dawn-Marie Driscoll*                       Chairperson and Trustee                      September 22, 2008

/s/Keith R. Fox
-------------------------------------
Keith R. Fox*                              Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Paul K. Freeman
-------------------------------------
Paul K. Freeman*                           Vice Chairperson and Trustee                 September 22, 2008

/s/Kenneth C. Froewiss
-------------------------------------
Kenneth C. Froewiss*                       Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Richard J. Herring
-------------------------------------
Richard J. Herring*                        Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/William McClayton
-------------------------------------
William McClayton*                         Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Rebecca W. Rimel
-------------------------------------
Rebecca W. Rimel*                          Trustee                                      September 22, 2008


<PAGE>

SIGNATURE                                  TITLE                                        DATE
---------                                  -----                                        ----

/s/William N. Searcy, Jr.
-------------------------------------
William N. Searcy, Jr.*                    Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Jean Gleason Stromberg
-------------------------------------
Jean Gleason Stromberg*                    Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Robert H. Wadsworth
-------------------------------------
Robert H. Wadsworth*                       Trustee                                      September 22, 2008

/s/Axel Schwarzer
-------------------------------------
Axel Schwarzer*                            Trustee                                      September 22, 2008
</TABLE>

*By:     /s/Caroline Pearson
         ------------------------------
         Caroline Pearson**
         Assistant Secretary


**    Attorney-in-fact pursuant to the powers of attorney as filed herein.
      Attorney-in-fact pursuant to the powers of attorney as contained in and
      incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 72 to the
      Registration Statement, as filed on April 29, 2008.







                                       2


<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>     <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>
Cash Account Trust                     DWS Institutional Funds             DWS Strategic Government
Cash Management Portfolio              DWS International Fund, Inc.                Securities Fund
Cash Reserve Fund, Inc.                DWS Investment Trust                DWS Strategic Income Fund
DWS Advisor Funds                      DWS Investments VIT Funds           DWS Strategic Municipal Income
DWS Balanced Fund                      DWS Investors Funds, Inc.                   Trust
DWS Blue Chip Fund                     DWS Money Funds                     DWS Target Date Series
DWS Communications Fund, Inc.          DWS Money Market Trust              DWS Target Fund
DWS Dreman Value Income                DWS Multi-Market Income Trust       DWS Tax Free Trust
        Edge Fund, Inc.                DWS Municipal Income Trust          DWS Technology Fund
DWS Equity 500 Index Portfolio         DWS Municipal Trust                 DWS Value Builder Fund, Inc.
DWS Equity Partners Fund, Inc.         DWS Mutual Funds, Inc.              DWS Value Equity Trust
DWS Equity Trust                       DWS Portfolio Trust                 DWS Value Series, Inc.
DWS Global/International Fund,         DWS RREEF Real Esate Fund,          DWS Variable Series I
        Inc.                                   Inc.                        DWS Variable Series II
DWS Global Commodities Stock           DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund II,      Investors Cash Trust
        Fund, Inc.                             Inc.                        Tax-Exempt California Money
DWS Global High Income Fund, Inc.      DWS RREEF World Real Estate &               Market Fund
DWS High Income Series                         Tactical Fund, Inc.         The Central Europe & Russia
DWS High Income Trust                  DWS Securities Trust                        Fund, Inc.
DWS Income Trust                       DWS State Tax Free Trust            The European Equity Fund, Inc.
                                       DWS State Tax-Free Income           The New Germany Fund, Inc.
                                               Series
                                       DWS Strategic Income Trust
</TABLE>


                                 (each a "Fund")

                                Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the following person, whose signature
appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint John Millette, Thomas Connors
and Caroline Pearson, and each of them, severally, with full powers of
substitution, his true and lawful attorney and agent to execute in his name,
place and stead (in such capacity) any and all amendments to enable the Fund to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
thereof, in connection with the Fund's Registration Statement pursuant to the
1933 Act and the 1940 Act, together with any and all pre- and post-effective
amendments thereto, including specifically, but without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned as President of the Fund such Registration Statement and any and
all such pre- and post-effective amendments filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, and any other
instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify
and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

SIGNATURE                     TITLE                         DATE
---------                     -----                         ----
                              President                     September 25, 2008
/s/Michael G. Clark
--------------------
Michael G. Clark



<PAGE>

                                 DWS FUNDS BOARD
                                 ---------------

                     CERTIFICATE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY

          I, Caroline Pearson, do hereby certify as follows:

1.       That I am the duly elected Assistant Secretary of the Funds listed on
         the attached Appendix A, (each a "Fund," and each Fund's underlying
         portfolios, if applicable, a "Series");

2.       I further certify that the following is a complete and correct copy of
         resolutions adopted by the members of the Board of Directors/Trustees
         of the Funds at meetings duly called, convened and held on September
         19, 2008, at which a quorum was present and acting throughout, and that
         such resolutions have not been amended and are in full force and
         effect:


                  WHEREAS, the President of the Fund, Michael Clark, desires to
                  execute a Power of Attorney and thereby delegate legal
                  authority to the below-designated individuals to sign
                  Registration Statements, including any amendments, on his
                  behalf:

                  NOW THEREFORE BE IT:

                  RESOLVED, that the following individuals be, and they hereby
                  are, and each of them hereby is, given a Power of Attorney in
                  substantially the form presented to this meeting, with such
                  changes as the officers, with the advice of counsel, shall
                  recommend, to sign the Fund's Registration Statements,
                  including any amendments:

                  Thomas Connors
                  John Millette
                  Caroline Pearson; and

                  FURTHER RESOLVED, that any Registration Statement signed
                  pursuant to such Power of Attorney shall comply with Rule 483
                  (b) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, including, but
                  not limited to the inclusion of: (1) a copy of the authorizing
                  Power of Attorney; and (2) a certified copy of the resolutions
                  of the Board authorizing such delegation as Exhibits thereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day of September,
2008.


                                                 /s/Caroline Pearson
                                                 -------------------
                                                 Caroline Pearson
                                                 Assistant Secretary


<PAGE>

                                   APPENDIX A

CASH ACCOUNT TRUST, and its series:
Government & Agency Securities Portfolio
Money Market Portfolio
Tax-Exempt Portfolio

CASH MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO

CASH RESERVE FUND, INC., and its series:
Prime Series

DWS ADVISOR FUNDS, and its series:
DWS Core Fixed Income Fund
DWS High Income Plus Fund
DWS International Select Equity Fund
DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund
DWS Micro Cap Fund
DWS Mid Cap Growth Fund
DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities Fund
DWS RREEF Global Real Estate Securities Fund
DWS Short Duration Fund
DWS Short Duration Plus Fund
DWS Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund
DWS Small Cap Growth Fund
NY Tax Free Money Fund
Tax Free Money Fund Investment

DWS BALANCED FUND

DWS BLUE CHIP FUND

DWS COMMUNICATIONS FUND, INC.

DWS DREMAN VALUE INCOME EDGE FUND, INC.

DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO

DWS EQUITY PARTNERS FUND, INC.

DWS EQUITY TRUST, and its series:
DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Plus Fund
DWS Core Plus Allocation Fund
DWS Disciplined Long/Short Growth Fund
DWS Disciplined Long/Short Value Fund
DWS Disciplined Market Neutral Fund

DWS GLOBAL COMMODITIES STOCK FUND, INC.

DWS GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC., and its series:
DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund
DWS Global Bond Fund
DWS Global Opportunities Fund
DWS Global Thematic Fund
DWS RREEF Global Infrastructure Fund

DWS GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.

DWS HIGH INCOME SERIES
DWS High Income Fund


<PAGE>

DWS HIGH INCOME TRUST

DWS INCOME TRUST, and its series:
DWS GNMA Fund

DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS, and its series:
Cash Management Fund Institutional
Cash Reserves Fund Institutional
Daily Assets Fund Institutional
DWS Commodity Securities Fund
DWS EAFE Equity Index Fund
DWS Equity 500 Index Fund
DWS Inflation Protected Plus Fund
DWS U.S. Bond Index Fund

DWS INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC. , and its series:
DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
DWS Europe Equity Fund
DWS International Fund
DWS International Value Opportunities Fund
DWS Latin America Equity Fund

DWS INVESTMENT TRUST, and its series:
DWS Capital Growth Fund
DWS Growth & Income Fund
DWS Large Company Growth Fund
DWS S&P 500 Index Fund
DWS Small Cap Core Fund

DWS INVESTMENTS VIT TRUST, and its series:
DWS Equity 500 Index VIP
DWS Small Cap Index VIP

DWS INVESTORS FUNDS, INC., and its series:
DWS Japan Equity Fund

DWS MONEY FUNDS, and its series:
DWS Money Market Prime Series

DWS MONEY MARKET TRUST, and its series
DWS Money Market Series

DWS MULTI-MARKET INCOME TRUST

DWS MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST

DWS MUNICIPAL TRUST, and its series:
DWS Strategic High Yield Tax-Free Fund
DWS Managed Municipal Bond Fund

DWS MUTUAL FUNDS, INC., and its series:
DWS Gold & Precious Metals Fund

DWS PORTFOLIO TRUST, and its series:
DWS Core Plus Income Fund
DWS Floating Rate Plus Fund

DWS RREEF REAL ESTATE FUND, INC.


<PAGE>

DWS RREEF REAL ESTATE FUND II, INC.

DWS RREEF WORLD REAL ESTATE & TACTICAL STRATEGIES FUND, INC.

DWS SECURITIES TRUST, and its series:
DWS Climate Change Fund
DWS Health Care Fund

DWS STATE TAX-FREE INCOME SERIES, and its series:
DWS California Tax-Free Income Fund
DWS New York Tax-Free Income Fund

DWS STATE TAX FREE TRUST, and its series:
DWS Massachusetts Tax-Free Fund

DWS STRATEGIC GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND

DWS STRATEGIC INCOME TRUST

DWS STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

DWS STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST

DWS TARGET DATE SERIES, and its series:
DWS LifeCompass Retirement Fund
DWS LifeCompass 2015 Fund
DWS LifeCompass 2020 Fund
DWS LifeCompass 2030 Fund
DWS LifeCompass 2040 Fund

DWS TARGET FUND, and its series:
DWS Target 2010 Fund
DWS Target 2011 Fund
DWS Target 2012 Fund
DWS Target 2013 Fund
DWS Target 2014 Fund
DWS LifeCompass Income Fund
DWS LifeCompass Protect Fund

DWS TAX FREE TRUST, and its series
DWS Intermediate Tax/AMT Free Fund

DWS TECHNOLOGY FUND

DWS VALUE BUILDER FUND, INC.


DWS VALUE EQUITY TRUST, and its series:
DWS Enhanced S&P 500 Index Fund
DWS Equity Income Fund

DWS VALUE SERIES, INC. and its series:
DWS Dreman Concentrated Value Fund
DWS Dreman High Return Equity Fund
DWS Dreman Mid Cap Value Fund
DWS Dreman Small Cap Value Fund
DWS Large Cap Value Fund


<PAGE>

DWS VARIABLE SERIES I, and its series
DWS Bond VIP
DWS Capital Growth VIP
DWS Global Opportunities VIP
DWS Growth & Income VIP
DWS Health Care VIP
DWS International VIP

DWS VARIABLE SERIES II, and its series
DWS Balanced VIP
DWS Blue Chip VIP
DWS Conservative Allocation VIP
DWS Core Fixed Income VIP
DWS Davis Venture Value VIP
DWS Dreman High Return Equity VIP
DWS Dreman Small Mid Cap Value VIP
DWS Global Thematic VIP
DWS Government & Agency Securities VIP
DWS Growth Allocation VIP
DWS High Income VIP
DWS International Select Equity VIP
DWS Janus Growth & Income VIP
DWS Large Cap Value VIP
DWS Mid Cap Growth VIP
DWS Moderate Allocation VIP
DWS Money Market VIP
DWS Small Cap Growth VIP
DWS Strategic Income VIP
DWS Technology VIP
DWS Turner Mid Cap Growth VIP

INVESTORS CASH TRUST, and its series:
Treasury Portfolio

TAX-EXEMPT CALIFORNIA MONEY MARKET FUND


<PAGE>



                                                      1933 Act File No. 33-34079
                                                     1940 Act File No. 811-06071




                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    EXHIBITS

                                       TO

                                    FORM N-1A

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 73
                            TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                       AND

                                AMENDMENT NO. 88
                            TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                       THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940



                             DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS



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<PAGE>



                             DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  -------------

                                     (a)(1)
                                       (b)
                                     (h)(4)
                                     (h)(6)
                                       (j)






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