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MAP is an asset allocation advisory service offered by Waddell & Reed, Inc. in its capacity as a registered investment adviser. MAP starts with a Personal Investment Profile, a questionnaire designed to help determine your specific financial goals, investment time horizon and tolerance of risk. Your Waddell & Reed financial advisor can then help you customize an investment model, tailored to your objectives and risk tolerance.


Key features of MAP

Investment Managers - MAP offers an exceptional combination of investment managers

• Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company
• Ivy Investment Management Company
• Advantus Capital Management
• Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Investment Models - MAP offers customized investment models tailored to your objectives and risk tolerance.


Independent analysis by Morningstar
With MAP, you’ll also receive independent mutual fund analysis provided by Morningstar, the world leader in mutual fund research. Morningstar’s Research Reports contain fund-specific analysis and are updated every three months. Please note that Morningstar is paid a fee based partly on assets invested in the MAP Program.

Financial Planning Services - accessible at various levels of investment.

Personalized profile
A step-by-step process designed to help you identify your financial goals and investment preferences.

Periodic rebalancing
Active management to keep your portfolio positioned in line with your goals.

 
Investing in MAP is easy. Simply follow these steps and you are on your way.
   
Step 1: Meet with an advisor to complete your risk tolerance questionnaire.
   
Step 2: You and your advisor will match your investment style with a model portfolio.
   
Step 3: Using Morningstar research your advisor will help you select from a diverse group of over 40 mutual funds to create a truly customized portfolio that will automatically rebalance based on your investment goals. (Note that rebalancing may cause a taxable event.)
   
Step 4: You and your financial advisor will monitor your account and can update your portfolio based on life changes that might affect your investment objectives.
   
Step 5: You have taken a big step toward your financial goals. You now have a customized portfolio built specifically with your investment needs in mind.

If you are interested in MAP please contact your Waddell & Reed Financial Advisor or if you don’t have one, you can search for one in your area.

Consider all factors.
Please remember that an investment in a mutual fund involves risk. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.   Participation in a MAP account is not necessary to purchase mutual fund shares offered within the MAP product.

As discussed on this site, there are advisory fees associated with the MAP product, along with applicable mutual fund-level expenses.   For more information on the advisory fees associated with the MAP product, please contact your advisor or refer to the MAP Advisory Services brochure.

This site references the mutual funds available in connection with the MAP product.   Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a mutual fund carefully before investing.   For a prospectus containing this and other information on the mutual funds offered by Waddell & Reed, Inc., call your financial advisor or Click Here.   Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Waddell & Reed, Inc. is not related to or affiliated with Morningstar.
 
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