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MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Fund  Class A: VCRAX | Class C: VCRCX | Class I: VCRIX | Class INV: VCRVX | Class R6: VCRQX

BEFORE YOU INVEST

Before considering an investment in the Fund, you should understand that you could lose money.


The investment strategies, practices, and risk analysis used by the Subadvisor may not produce the desired results.


The Fund's investments in infrastructure-related securities will expose the Fund to potential adverse economic, regulatory, political, legal and other changes affecting such investments. Issuers of securities in infrastructure-related businesses are subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental or other regulations and the effects of economic slowdowns.


MLPs carry many of the risks inherent in investing in a partnership. State law governing partnerships is often less restrictive than state law governing corporations. Accordingly, there may be fewer protections afforded investors in an MLP.


Foreign securities are subject to interest rate, currency exchange rate, economic, and political risks. The risks of investing in emerging markets include the risks of illiquidity, increased price volatility, smaller market capitalizations, less government regulation, less extensive and less frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements, risk of loss resulting from problems in share registration and custody, substantial economic and political disruptions, and the nationalization of foreign deposits or assets.


The Fund's investments in infrastructure-related securities will expose the Fund to potential adverse economic, regulatory, political, legal and other changes affecting such investments. Issuers of securities in infrastructure-related businesses are subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental or other regulations and the effects of economic slowdowns.


MLPs carry many of the risks inherent in investing in a partnership. State law governing partnerships is often less restrictive than state law governing corporations. Accordingly, there may be fewer protections afforded investors in an MLP.


Foreign securities are subject to interest rate, currency exchange rate, economic, and political risks. The risks of investing in emerging markets include the risks of illiquidity, increased price volatility, smaller market capitalizations, less government regulation, less extensive and less frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements, risk of loss resulting from problems in share registration and custody, substantial economic and political disruptions, and the nationalization of foreign deposits or assets.


Portfolios concentrated in infrastructure securities and Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”) may experience price volatility and other risks associated with non-diversification. Investment in infrastructure related companies may be subject to high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown and surplus capacity, the effects of energy conservation policies, governmental regulation and other factors.


MLPs often own interests Related to the oil and gas industries or other natural resources but may finance other projects. As such, MLPs will be negatively impacted by economic events adversely impacting that industry. Investments in MLPs may offer fewer legal protections than investments in corporations, and limited voting rights.


International investments may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuation in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles or from economic or political instability in other nations.


Emerging markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors, as well as increased volatility and lower trading volume.


Other risks of the Fund include but are not limited to: Company; Convertible Securities; Currency; Derivative Instruments; Investment Model; Liquidity; Market; Market Capitalization; Other Investment Companies; and Securities Lending risks.


FTSE Developed ex North America 50% Hedged to USD Index is the FTSE Developed ex North America Index with 50% of its exposure hedged to U.S. dollars. 


An investment cannot be made directly into an index. 


Alpha measures a fund's risk-adjusted performance and is expressed as an annualized percentage.


Beta is a measure of historical volatility relative to an appropriate index (benchmark) based on its investment objective. A beta greater than 1.00 indicates volatility greater than the benchmark's. 


R-Squared measures the percentage of a fund's movements that result from movements in the index.


Sharpe Ratio shown is calculated for the past 36-month period by dividing annualized excess returns by annualized standard deviation.


Information Ratio measures the returns above the returns of a benchmark to the volatility of those returns. 


Tracking Error measures the difference between the return fluctuations of a portfolio and the benchmark. 


Annual Turnover Rate is as of the most recent annual shareholder report.



 

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