U.S. Real Estate Portfolio

Share Class :
 
MURSX CUSIP: 61760X687
U.S. Real Estate Portfolio
MURSX CUSIP: 61760X687
Share Class :

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio

SHARE CLASS :
MURSX CUSIP: 61760X687
 

 
 
Investment Objective

Seeks to provide above-average current income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies in the U.S. real estate industry, including real estate investment trusts.

Investment Approach

The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies in the U.S. real estate industry. The Fund emphasizes bottom-up stock selection with a top-down asset allocation. The investment team’s proprietary models drive the bottom-up value-driven approach for stock selection, which is utilized to identify those companies determined to represent the best value relative to their underlying assets and earnings. Analysts will assess real estate specific factors, broader equity factors, as well as ESG factors in their fundamental analysis to calculate appropriate valuation metrics. Top-down considerations are incorporated into the portfolio construction process, and the Team seeks to achieve exposure across sectors, and integrates forecasted fundamental inflections and macroeconomic considerations, among other factors.

 
 
Pricing & Performance

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please select the "month" timeframe or call 1-800-548-7786. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For additional important information, please click here

As of 08/31/2024

As of 10/03/2024

As of 08/31/2024

As of 10/03/2024


Performance of $10,000 invested
Performance of $10,000 invested

    
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
 
 
Average Annual Total Returns As of 08/31/2024 As of 06/30/2024
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
MURSX 21.00 1.14 2.73 3.76 5.26
FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (%) 22.27 2.23 5.50 6.89 8.11
Lipper Category Average (%) 19.13 -0.15 4.58 6.03 --
Morningstar Category Average (%) 19.28 -0.22 4.38 6.01 --
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
MURSX 7.73 -0.71 0.42 2.86 4.23
FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (%) 7.79 0.30 3.90 5.90 7.02
Lipper Category Average (%) 5.62 -1.89 3.19 5.10 --
Morningstar Category Average (%) 5.40 -2.18 2.87 5.06 --
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
MURSX 14.77 -26.33 39.06 -17.98 18.48 -8.36 3.32
FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (%) 13.73 -24.37 43.24 -8.00 26.00 -4.62 5.23
Lipper Category Average (%) 12.20 -25.83 38.42 -3.60 26.98 -6.16 6.02
Morningstar Category Average (%) 12.03 -25.67 38.73 -4.49 27.28 -5.97 6.22
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 08/31/2024
TIMEFRAME MURSX FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (%) Lipper Category Average (%) Morningstar Category Average (%)
1 Yr 21.00 22.27 19.13 19.28
3 Yrs 1.14 2.23 -0.15 -0.22
5 Yrs 2.73 5.50 4.58 4.38
10 Yrs 3.76 6.89 6.03 6.01
Since Inception 5.26 8.11 } -- --
As of 06/30/2024
TIMEFRAME MURSX FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (%) Lipper Category Average (%) Morningstar Category Average (%)
1 Yr 7.73 7.79 5.62 5.40
3 Yrs -0.71 0.30 -1.89 -2.18
5 Yrs 0.42 3.90 3.19 2.87
10 Yrs 2.86 5.90 5.10 5.06
Since Inception 4.23 7.02 } -- --
TIMEFRAME MURSX FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (%) Lipper Category Average (%) Morningstar Category Average (%)
2023 14.77 13.73 12.20 12.03
2022 -26.33 -24.37 -25.83 -25.67
2021 39.06 43.24 38.42 38.73
2020 -17.98 -8.00 -3.60 -4.49
2019 18.48 26.00 26.98 27.28
2018 -8.36 -4.62 -6.16 -5.97
2017 3.32 5.23 6.02 6.22
Past performance is not indicative of future results. The Portfolio's calendar year returns do not include the deduction of any applicable sales charges.
 
 
Risk/Return Statistics

TIMEFRAME:
    MURSX
Alpha (%) -1.14
Beta (vs. benchmark) 0.96
Excess return (%) -1.09
Information ratio -0.42
R squared 0.99
Sharpe ratio -0.11
Standard deviation (%) 20.95
Tracking error (%) 2.56
Up-capture ratio (%) 94.26
Down-capture ratio (%) 98.38
    MURSX
Alpha (%) -3.03
Beta (vs. benchmark) 1.08
Excess return (%) -2.78
Information ratio -0.45
R squared 0.94
Sharpe ratio 0.02
Standard deviation (%) 24.08
Tracking error (%) 6.18
Up-capture ratio (%) 94.53
Down-capture ratio (%) 103.52
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
 
 
Distributions
 Tax Center   
 
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Net Investment Income ($ per share) Long-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Short-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Total Capital Gains ($ per share)
10/01/2024 10/02/2024 10/02/2024 0.056199 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
07/01/2024 07/02/2024 07/02/2024 0.056113 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
04/01/2024 04/02/2024 04/02/2024 0.046100 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
12/08/2023 12/11/2023 12/11/2023 0.031424 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
10/02/2023 10/03/2023 10/03/2023 0.026509 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
07/03/2023 07/05/2023 07/05/2023 0.096465 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
04/03/2023 04/04/2023 04/04/2023 0.053975 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
12/09/2022 12/12/2022 12/12/2022 0.034030 0.000000 0.704900 0.704900
10/03/2022 10/04/2022 10/04/2022 0.034227 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Net Investment Income ($ per share) Long-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Short-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Total Capital Gains ($ per share)
10/01/2024 10/02/2024 10/02/2024 0.056199 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
07/01/2024 07/02/2024 07/02/2024 0.056113 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
04/01/2024 04/02/2024 04/02/2024 0.046100 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
12/08/2023 12/11/2023 12/11/2023 0.031424 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
10/02/2023 10/03/2023 10/03/2023 0.026509 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
07/03/2023 07/05/2023 07/05/2023 0.096465 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
04/03/2023 04/04/2023 04/04/2023 0.053975 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
12/09/2022 12/12/2022 12/12/2022 0.034030 0.000000 0.704900 0.704900
10/03/2022 10/04/2022 10/04/2022 0.034227 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
 
 
Composition As of 06/30/2024
  Fund
Health Care 15.24
Data Centers 14.09
Apartments 12.76
Industrial 12.60
Self Storage 9.27
Specialty 5.53
Shopping Centers 5.33
Regional Malls 4.74
Free Standing 4.59
Single Family Homes 3.84
Other 10.34
Cash 1.13
 
May not sum to 100% due to the exclusion of other assets and liabilities.


Holdings As of 08/31/2024
Fund
Equinix Inc 8.66
Welltower Inc 8.38
Prologis Inc 7.49
Public Storage Inc 4.92
AvalonBay Communities Inc 4.84
Extra Space Storage Inc 4.70
Digital Realty Trust Inc 4.51
Simon Property Group 4.12
VICI Properties Inc 4.00
Realty Income Corp 3.99
Total 55.61


Portfolio Characteristics
Fund
Active share (%) 37.18
Number of holdings 34
Weighted average market capitalization ($B) 38.43
Weighted median market capitalization ($B) 29.42
Turnover (%) 53
Portfolio turnover is sourced from the fund's current prospectus. View current prospectus for the as of date.
 
 

Class C shares include deferred sales charge of 1.00% which declines to zero after first year.

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The Fund has suspended offering Class L shares of the Portfolio for sale to all investors.

Class R6 shares, are  being offered only to eligible investors who must meet a minimum initial investment of $5,000,000 or be a defined contribution, defined benefit or other employer sponsored employee benefit plan, whether or not qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), in each case subject to the discretion of the Portfolio's investment advisor.

Growth of Investment illustration is based on an initial investment of $10,000 made since fund inception, assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains and application of fees, but does not include sales charges. Performance would have been lower if sales charges had been included. Results are hypothetical.

Subject to change daily. Fund information, Portfolio Composition and Characteristics are provided for informational purposes only, and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or securities in the sectors presented.

Returns are net of fees and assume the reinvestment of all dividends and income. Returns for less than one year are cumulative (not annualized). Performance of other share classes will vary.

Please keep in mind that double-digit returns are highly unusual and cannot be sustained. Investors should also be aware that these returns were primarily achieved during favorable market conditions.

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PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS DEFINITIONS
Active Share is the fraction of the portfolio or fund that is invested differently than its benchmark as of the last day of the reporting period. A portfolio with a high degree of Active Share does not assure a fund’s relative outperformance. Active Share calculation may consolidate holdings with the same economic exposure. The Net Asset Value (NAV) per share is determined by dividing the value of the fund's portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all liabilities, by the total number of common shares outstanding. The common share market price is the price the market is willing to pay for shares of the fund at a given time.  Weighted Average Market Capitalization is an average of the market capitalization of stocks comprising a portfolio or index, adjusted by each stock’s weight in the portfolio or index. The Weighted Median Market Capitalization is the point at which half of the market value of a portfolio or index is invested in stocks with a greater market cap, while the other half of the market value is invested in stocks with a lower market cap.

Turnover is sourced from the fund's current prospectus.

RISK/RETURN DEFINITIONS
Excess Return 
or value added (positive or negative) is the portfolio’s return relative to the return of the benchmark. Alpha (Jensen's) is a risk-adjusted performance measure that represents the average return on a portfolio or investment above or below that predicted by the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) given the portfolio's or investment's beta and the average market return. Prior to 6/30/2018 Alpha was calculated as the excess return of the fund versus benchmark. Beta is a measure of the relative volatility of a security or portfolio to the market's upward or downward movements. Information ratio is the portfolio’s alpha or excess return per unit of risk, as measured by tracking error, versus the portfolio’s benchmark. R squared measures how well an investment’s returns correlate to an index. An R squared of 100 means the portfolio performance is 100% correlated to the index’s, whereas a low r-squared means that the portfolio performance is less correlated to the index’s. Sharpe ratio is a risk-adjusted measure calculated as the ratio of excess return to standard deviation. The Sharpe ratio determines reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the historical risk-adjusted performance. Standard deviation measures how widely individual performance returns, within a performance series, are dispersed from the average or mean value. Tracking error is the amount by which the performance of the portfolio differs from that of the benchmark. Upside/downside market capture measures annualized performance in up/down markets relative to the market benchmark.

RISK CONSIDERATIONS
There is no assurance that a portfolio will achieve its investment objective. Portfolios are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the portfolio will decline and that the value of portfolio shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Market values can change daily due to economic and other events (e.g. natural disasters, health crises, terrorism, conflicts and social unrest) that affect markets, countries, companies or governments. It is difficult to predict the timing, duration, and potential adverse effects (e.g. portfolio liquidity) of events. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this portfolio. Please be aware that this portfolio may be subject to certain additional risks. In general, equities securities’ values also fluctuate in response to activities specific to a company. Real estate investments, including real estate investment trusts, are subject to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate and they are sensitive to such factors as management skills and changes in tax laws. Nondiversified portfolios often invest in a more limited number of issuers. As such, changes in the financial condition or market value of a single issuer may cause greater volatility. Stocks of small- and medium-capitalization companies entail special risks, such as limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and greater market volatility than securities of larger, more established companies. ESG Strategies that incorporate impact investing and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors could result in relative investment performance deviating from other strategies or broad market benchmarks, depending on whether such sectors or investments are in or out of favor in the market. As a result, there is no assurance ESG strategies could result in more favorable investment performance.

Morningstar
Rankings: 
The percentile rankings are based on the average annual total returns for the periods stated and do not include any sales charges, but do include reinvestment of dividends and capital gains and Rule 12b-1 fees. The highest (or most favorable) percentile rank is 1 and the lowest (or least favorable) percentile rank is 100. The top-performing fund in a category will always receive a rank of 1.

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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

See the Fund's prospectus for information related to a primary benchmark index selected (if applicable) to comply with a regulation that requires the Fund's primary benchmark to represent the overall applicable market.

The FTSE Nareit (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) Equity REITs Index is a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index of tax qualified REITs listed on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and the NASDAQ National Market Systems. The term "free float" represents the portion of shares outstanding that are deemed to be available for purchase in the public equity markets by investors.

The index is unmanaged and does not include any expenses, fees or sales charges. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Any index referred to herein is the intellectual property (including registered trademarks) of the applicable licensor.

Please consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of the fund carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the fund. To obtain a prospectus, download one at morganstanley.com/im or call 1-800-548-7786. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

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WAM is the weighted average maturity of the portfolio. The WAM calculation utilizes the interest-rate reset date, rather than a security's stated final maturity, for variable- and floating- rate securities. By looking to a portfolio's interest rate reset schedule in lieu of final maturity dates, the WAM measure effectively captures a fund's exposure to interest rate movements and the potential price impact resulting from interest rate movements.

 

WAL is the weighted average life of the portfolio. The WAL calculation utilizes a security's stated final maturity date or, when relevant, the date of the next demand feature when the fund may receive payment of principal and interest (such as a put feature). Accordingly, WAL reflects how a portfolio would react to deteriorating credit (widening spreads) or tightening liquidity conditions.

 

Tracking error and information ratio are calculated using the Portfolio's Blended Index (added October 2, 2013), as this is a better representation of the Portfolio's global multi-asset strategy. The investment team manages the Portfolio relative to this Blended Index.

 

Excess return versus Custom Benchmark is calculated using the Portfolio's Blended Index based on the period since it was added as a benchmark on October 2, 2013.

 

NTM = Next Twelve Months

 

LTM = Last Twelve Months

 

Because the Portfolio had not commenced operations as of the most recent fiscal year end, no portfolio turnover rate is available for the Portfolio.

 

The Reorganization occurred on January 6, 2015. The inception date reflects the inception date of the Private Fund.

 

Global equities is represented by the MSCI All Country World Index.

 

Net exposure % calculated as [(MV of long cash security and derivative positions)-(absolute value of MV in short derivative positions)]/(portfolio MV)

 

Gross exposure % calculated as [(MV of long cash security and derivative positions)+(absolute value of MV in short derivative positions)]/(portfolio MV).

 

Fixed income net and gross exposure is duration adjusted (U.S. Treasury 10-Year equivalents)

 

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