Columbia Acorn USA NY 529 Portfolio: Class A

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Daily Pricing  - As of 9/9/2010

PUV$: 12.75
PUV$ Change: 0.00
PUV% Change: 0.00
Inception Date: 12/23/2003

Performance (Average Annual Total Returns %)

Month Ending 8/31/2010

1 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
PUV 7.48 -1.73 n/a 2.85
POP 1.26 -2.88 n/a 1.94
Expense Ratios*: Gross 1.56% Net 1.56%
 
Overview Performance Portfolio Data Plan Literature  

Description

Portfolio Strategy The Columbia Acorn USA NY 529 Portfolio invests in the Columbia Acorn USA Fund, which seeks to provide long-term growth of capital.
Strategy of Underlying
Fund(s)

The Columbia Acorn USA NY 529 Portfolio invests in the Columbia Acorn USA Fund. For detailed information on the strategy of this underlying fund, please read the Program Brochure & Tuition Savings Agreement.

Class A, B & C
Class Z

Risk of Underlying Fund(s)

An investment in this portfolio may offer the potential for long-term growth, but there is a risk of losing money when investing in securities. For detailed information on the risks associated with this portfolio, please read the Program Brochure & Tuition Savings Agreement.

Class A, B & C
Class Z

529 Eligibility Requirements New York's 529 College Savings Program Advisor Plan is offered to residents of any state. The account owner and beneficiary must each be a US citizen or resident alien, who resides in the US.

Investment Minimums

Initial Investment*: $1,000.00
Subsequent Investments*: $50.00

If you or the beneficiary are a resident or taxpayer of another state, before you invest consider whether your or the beneficiary’s home state offers a 529 Plan with tax or other benefits that are only available for investments in that plan. You should consult your qualified tax advisor.

New York’s 529 College Savings Program Advisor Plan is described in its current applicable Program Brochure and Tuition Savings Agreement. Accounts are opened by completing an Enrollment Application. Call your financial advisor or Columbia Management at 800.774.2108 to obtain a Program Brochure and Tuition Savings Agreement, which includes the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information. Read it carefully before investing. Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., distributor and underwriter.

* Expense ratios are as of the plan’s most recent Program Brochure & Tuition Savings Agreement. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of fund expenses by the advisor or its affiliates. Absent these waivers, or reimbursement arrangements, performance results may be lower. View a list of portfolios for which the investment advisor or its affiliates has agreed to reimburse or waive a portion of the fund expenses. Unless a specific end date is provided, the waiver or reimbursement may be revised or discontinued at any time.

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance, and current performance may be lower or higher. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, units may be worth more or less than the original cost. Total returns assume the reinvestment of all underlying fund distributions at NAV and may reflect any voluntary waiver or reimbursement of fund expenses by the advisor or its affiliates. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance results may have been lower. Please visit www.columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.  Portfolio unit value (PUV) returns do not include sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC). If they were included, returns would have been lower.

Total returns including sales charges are calculated with the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75% for Class A units, except for Conservative NY, College NY, Current Income NY and Diversified Income NY 529 portfolios, which include the maximum initial sales charge of 4.75% for Class A units.  For Class B units, total returns including sales charges are shown with the applicable maximum contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the holding period after an initial purchase as follows: through first year, 5%; second year, 4%; third year, 3%; fourth year, 3%; fifth year, 2%; sixth year, 1% and thereafter, 0%. These shares convert to Class A units in the eighth year after purchase.  For Class C units, total returns including sales charges are shown with a 1% CDSC for the first year after purchase only.


Class Z shares are sold only at net asset value (NAV) with no 12b-1 fee. Class Z shares have limited eligibility and the investment minimum requirement may vary.  Only eligible investors may purchase Class Z shares of the fund, directly or by exchange. Please see the fund’s prospectus for eligibility and other details.

 
If participating in the Automated Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) Program, the initial and subsequent minimum investment amount requirements are different for the investment options that are used in conjunction with the DCA program. If a subsequent investment is made as part of the Upromise Rewards Service, the subsequent minimum investment amount is $25. Please see the Program Description for more information.
 
The section below summarizes some of the risks involved with investing in the Program portfolios, and is not intended to be a complete list of the investment risks. For a complete list of investment risks, please see Appendix A to the Program Brochure and Tuition Savings Agreement.

An investment in these portfolios may offer the potential for long-term growth, but also involves certain risks, including stock market fluctuations due to economic and business developments. Additional risk may be involved with investments in certain asset classes, as follows.
Mid- and small-cap stocks: possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies.
Foreign stocks: currency exchange rate fluctuations, economic change, instability of emerging countries and political developments.
Fixed-income securities: fluctuations due to changes in interest rates; the financial strength of issuers of lower-rated bonds; foreign, political and economic developments; and changes in currency exchange rates.
High-yield securities: default of the issuer, rising interest rates and risk associated with investing in securities of foreign and emerging markets, including currency exchange rate fluctuations and economic and political change.
Floating rate loan investments: defaults on the loans in the portfolio, nonpayment of scheduled interest and principal and prepayment of principal by a borrower.
 

Portfolio Facts

Data as of 7/31/2010

CUSIP:

649812534

Inception Date:

12/23/2003

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On April 30, 2010, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the parent company of RiverSource Investments, LLC, acquired the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group, LLC, including certain of its affiliates, which were, prior to this acquisition, part of Bank of America. In connection with the acquisition of the long-term assets, certain clients of Columbia Management Advisors, LLC (including the Columbia Funds) have a new investment adviser, RiverSource Investments, LLC, which is now known as Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC. On the same date, Ameriprise Financial also acquired Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (CWAM). CWAM will continue as the investment adviser for Columbia Acorn and Wanger Funds and no changes are anticipated in the existing investment management team. For those clients that use the services of a subadviser, those arrangements are continuing unless notified otherwise. RiverSource Fund Distributors, Inc., now known as Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, will act as the principal distributor of the Columbia, Wanger, Columbia Acorn, RiverSource, Seligman and Threadneedle branded funds. RiverSource Service Corporation, now known as Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., is the transfer agent for the Funds.

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