Flexible Fixed Income

The Goldman Sachs Strategic Income Fund invests in a broadly diversified portfolio of U.S. and foreign investment grade and non-investment grade fixed income investments including, but not limited to: U.S. Government securities (such as U.S. Treasury securities or Treasury inflation protected securities), non-U.S. sovereign debt, agency securities, corporate debt securities, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, custodial receipts, municipal securities, loans and loan participations, and convertible securities.

The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities are subject to the risks associated with debt securities generally, including credit, liquidity and interest rate risk. The guarantee on certain U.S. government securities applies only to the underlying securities of the Fund if held to maturity and not to the value of the Fund’s shares. The Fund’s investments in mortgage-backed securities are subject to, among other risks, prepayment risks. These risks may results in greater share price volatility. The Fund may invest in high yield, fixed income securities that, at the time of purchase, are non-investment grade, also known as “junk bonds.” High yield securities involve greater price volatility, are less liquid and present greater risk than higher rated fixed securities.

The Fund may also invest in foreign issuers which are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and in securities of issuers located in emerging countries denominated in any currency. The Fund’s foreign and emerging market investments may be more volatile and less liquid than its investments in U.S. securities and will be subject to the risks of currency fluctuations and sudden economic or political developments. At times the Fund may be unable to sell certain of its portfolio securities without a substantial drop in price, if at all.

The Fund may also make substantial investments in other derivatives instruments, including interest rate futures contracts, options (including options on futures contracts, swaps, bonds, stocks and indexes), swaps (including credit default, index, basis, total return, volatility and currency swaps), other forward contracts and other derivatives instruments. The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions for hedging purposes (including cross hedging) or for speculative purposes. Derivative instruments may involve a high degree of financial risk. These risks include the risk that a small movement in the price of the underlying security or benchmark may result in a disproportionately large movement, unfavorable or favorable, in the price of the derivative instrument; risks of default by a counterparty; and the risks that transactions may not be liquid. Moreover, there is no guarantee that any attempt by the Fund to hedge against currency fluctuations will be successful.

The Fund is subject to the risk associated with implementing short positions. Taking short positions involves leverage of the Fund’s assets and presents various other risks. Losses on short positions are potentially unlimited, as a loss occurs when the value of an asset with respect to which the Fund has a short position increases. The implementation of short positions, as well as the use of derivatives generally, involves sophisticated investment techniques that have the potential to add additional risk to the Fund.

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