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Schwab Value Advantage Money Fund ®

Ticker Symbols: Select Shares ® :  SWBXX         Institutional Shares:  SWAXX

 

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus, Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and other information about the fund online at www.schwabfunds.com/prospectus. You can also obtain this information at no cost by calling 1-866-414-6349 or by sending an email request to orders@mysummaryprospectus.com. If you purchase or hold fund shares through a financial intermediary, the fund’s prospectus, SAI, and other information about the fund are available from your financial intermediary.

The fund’s prospectus dated April 30, 2012, and SAI dated April 30, 2012, as supplemented February 28, 2013, include a more detailed discussion of fund investment policies and the risks associated with various fund investments. The prospectus and SAI are incorporated by reference into the summary prospectus, making them legally a part of the summary prospectus.

 

Investment objective

The fund’s goal is to seek the highest current income consistent with stability of capital and liquidity.

Fund fees and expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold Select Shares ® or Institutional Shares of the fund.

 

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)  
      

Select

Shares ®

   

Institutional

Shares

 
     None        None   
    
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as
a % of the value of your investment)
 

Management fees

     0.31        0.31   

Distribution (12b-1) fees

     None        None   

Other expenses

     0.16        0.05   
  

 

 

 

Total annual fund operating expenses

     0.47        0.36   

Less expense reduction

     (0.12     (0.12
  

 

 

 
Total annual fund operating expenses after expense reduction 1      0.35        0.24   
  

 

 

 

 

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The investment adviser and its affiliates have agreed to limit the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes and certain non-routine expenses) of the Select Shares and Institutional Shares to 0.35% and 0.24%, respectively, through 4/29/14 (the “contractual expense limitation agreement”). This contractual expense limitation agreement may only be amended or terminated with the approval of the fund’s Board of Trustees. “Non-routine expenses” that are not subject to the foregoing contractual expense limitation agreement include, but are not limited to, any reimbursement payments made by a share class to the investment adviser and/or its affiliates of fund fees and expenses that were previously waived or reimbursed by the investment adviser and/or its affiliates in order to maintain a positive net yield for the share class (the “voluntary yield waiver”). As of the three-year period ended December 31, 2011, the investment adviser and/or its affiliates waived fees in the amount of $1,261,119 for the Select Shares and $201,204 for the Institutional Shares under the voluntary yield waiver. Any future reimbursement of these previously waived fees made by the Select Shares and/or Institutional Shares to the investment adviser and/or its affiliates may cause the total annual fund operating expenses of the Select Shares and/or Institutional Shares to exceed the expense limitation under the contractual expense limitation agreement. If any actual or scheduled reimbursement payments to the investment adviser

  and/or its affiliates under the voluntary fee waiver materially impact the total annual fund operating expenses of the Select Shares and/or Institutional Shares, this fee table will be amended to reflect that impact.

 

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in each share class with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in a share class for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that each share class’ operating expenses through 4/29/14 are the same as those shown above as total annual fund operating expenses after expense reduction and for all subsequent periods are the same as those shown above as total annual fund operating expenses. The expenses would be the same whether you stayed in the fund or sold your shares at the end of each period. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.

 

Expenses on a $10,000 investment

 

       1 year      3 years      5 years      10 years  
Select Shares ®    $ 36       $ 126       $ 238       $ 568   
Institutional Shares    $ 25       $ 91       $ 177       $ 431   

Principal investment strategies

To pursue its goal, the fund invests in high-quality short-term money market investments issued by U.S. and foreign issuers, such as:

 

   

commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial paper

 

   

promissory notes

 

   

certificates of deposit and time deposits

 

   

variable- and floating-rate debt securities

 

   

bank notes and bankers’ acceptances

 

   

repurchase agreements

 

   

obligations that are issued by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, including obligations that are not guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (U.S. government securities)

 

 

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All of these investments will be denominated in U.S. dollars, including those that are issued by foreign issuers. Obligations that are issued by private issuers that are guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities are considered U.S. government securities under the rules that govern money market funds.

In choosing securities, the fund’s manager seeks to maximize current income within the limits of the fund’s investment objective and credit, maturity and diversification policies. Some of these policies may be stricter than the federal regulations that apply to all money funds. Certain of the fund’s securities are subject to credit or liquidity enhancements, which are designed to provide incremental levels of creditworthiness or liquidity.

The investment adviser’s credit research department analyzes and monitors the securities that the fund owns or is considering buying. The manager may adjust the fund’s holdings or its average maturity based on actual or anticipated changes in interest rates or credit quality. To preserve its investors’ capital, the fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 share price.

Principal risks

The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:

Investment Risk.  Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

Interest Rate Risk.  Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund’s yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, the fund’s yield (and total return) also will be low. In addition, to the extent a share class makes any reimbursement payments to the investment adviser and/or its affiliates, the share class’s yield would be lower.

Counter-Party Risk. When the fund enters into a repurchase agreement, the fund is exposed to the risk that the other party (i.e., the counter-party) will not fulfill its contractual obligation. In a repurchase agreement, there exists the risk that, when the fund buys a security from a counter-party that agrees to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price (usually higher) and time, the counter-party will not repurchase the security.

Credit Risk.  The fund is subject to the risk that a decline in the credit quality of a portfolio investment could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The fund could lose money if the issuer of a portfolio investment fails to make timely principal or interest payments or if a guarantor, liquidity provider or counterparty of a portfolio investment fails to honor its obligations. Even though the fund’s investments in repurchase agreements are collateralized at all times, there is some risk to the fund if the other party should default on its obligations and the fund is delayed or prevented from recovering or disposing of the collateral. Negative perceptions of the ability of an issuer, guarantor, liquidity provider or counterparty to make payments or otherwise honor its obligations, as applicable, could also cause the price of that investment to decline. The credit quality of the fund’s portfolio holdings can change

rapidly in certain market environments and any downgrade or default on the part of a single portfolio investment could cause the fund’s share price or yield to fall.

Many of the U.S. government securities that the fund invests in are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, which means they are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Although maintained in conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency since September 2008, Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC) maintain only limited lines of credit with the U.S. Treasury. The Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) also only maintain limited access to credit lines from the U.S. Treasury. Other securities, such as obligations issued by the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation (FFCB), are supported solely by the credit of the issuer. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government will provide financial support to securities of its agencies and instrumentalities if it is not obligated to do so under law. Also, any government guarantees on securities the fund owns do not extend to shares of the fund itself.

Foreign Investment Risk.  The fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers or securities with credit or liquidity enhancements provided by foreign entities may involve certain risks that are greater than those associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers or securities with credit or liquidity enhancements provided by U.S. entities. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions; differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities market structures; and higher transaction costs. In addition, sovereign risk, or the risk that a government may become unwilling or unable to meet its loan obligations or guarantees, could increase the credit risk of financial institutions connected to that particular country.

Management Risk.  Any actively managed mutual fund is subject to the risk that its investment adviser will make poor security selections. The fund’s investment adviser applies its own investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that they will produce the desired results. The investment adviser’s maturity decisions will also affect the fund’s yield, and in unusual circumstances potentially could affect its share price. To the extent that the investment adviser anticipates interest rate trends imprecisely, the fund’s yield at times could lag those of other money market funds.

Liquidity Risk.  Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell. The market for certain investments may become illiquid due to specific adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer or under adverse market or economic conditions independent of the issuer. The fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the returns of the fund because it may be unable to sell the illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price. Further, transactions in illiquid securities may entail transaction costs that are higher than those for transactions in liquid securities.

Redemption Risk.  The fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Redemptions by a few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the fund’s ability to maintain a stable $1.00 share price. In the

 

 

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event any money market fund fails to maintain a stable net asset value, other money market funds, including the fund, could face a market-wide risk of increased redemption pressures, potentially jeopardizing the stability of their $1.00 share prices.

Regulatory Risk. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators may adopt additional money market fund regulations in the future, which may impact the operation and performance of the fund.

Money Market Risk.  The fund is not designed to offer capital appreciation. In exchange for their emphasis on stability and liquidity, money market investments may offer lower long-term performance than stock or bond investments.

Performance

The bar chart below shows how the fund’s Institutional Shares investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows the fund’s Select Shares and Institutional Shares average annual total returns for various periods. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. All figures assume distributions were reinvested. Keep in mind that future performance may differ from past performance. For current performance information, please see www.schwab.com/moneyfunds or call toll-free 1-800-435-4000 for a current seven-day yield.

 

Annual total returns (%) as of 12/31

Institutional Shares

 

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Best quarter: 1.31% Q3 2007        Worst quarter: 0.00% Q4 2011

 

Average annual total returns (%) as of 12/31/11  
       1 year      5 years      Since
inception
 

Select Shares

     0.01%         1.61%         1.99% 1  

Institutional Shares

     0.04%         1.69%         2.04% 2  

 

1  

Inception: 2/28/03.

2  

Inception: 7/1/02.

Investment adviser

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

Purchase and sale of fund shares

The fund is open for business each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open except when the following federal holidays are observed: Columbus Day and Veterans Day.

When you place orders to purchase, exchange or redeem fund shares through Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab) or another financial intermediary, you must follow Schwab’s or the other financial intermediary’s transaction procedures.

 

Eligible Investors (as determined by the fund and which generally are limited to institutional investors) may invest directly in the fund by placing purchase, exchange and redemption orders through the fund’s transfer agent. Eligible Investors must contact the transfer agent by phone or in writing to obtain an account application. Eligible Investors may contact the transfer agent:

 

   

by telephone at 1-800-407-0256; or

 

   

by mail in writing at Boston Financial Data Services, Attn: Schwab Funds, P.O. Box 8283, Boston, MA 02266-8323.

Set forth below are the investment minimums for the fund’s Select Shares and Institutional Shares. These minimums may be waived for certain investors or in the fund’s sole discretion.

 

       Minimum
initial
investment
     Minimum
additional
investment
     Minimum
balance
 
Select Shares ®    $ 1,000,000       $ 1       $ 1,000,000   
Institutional Shares    $ 3,000,000       $ 1       $ 3,000,000   

Tax information

Distributions received from the fund will generally be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged account.

Payments to financial intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit you financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 

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