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Why Mutual Funds?

Mutual funds are a smart, convenient avenue for investing your capital. Review the benefits:

Professional financial management. Your investment in mutual funds is monitored by portfolio managers who study the market for a living. By specializing in specific areas, these individuals can take the time to really get to know companies and assess their investment potential before investing--something that's often harder for the individual investor to do.

Your choice of investment strategies. Because mutual funds are managed along a range of investment strategies, you can select a fund that matches your investment goals. Leave it to the portfolio manager to select the blend of securities that is most likely to meet those goals.

Easy tracking. You'll find current prices and historical total return figures for major mutual funds listed in the business section of most newspapers.

Easy to do business with. You can complete most transactions by phone or mail and receive clear, easy-to-read confirmation statements a few days later.

Diversification for balanced investing. Most funds own anywhere from 20 to 50 different securities, which cushions your investment from sudden swings in a single security's value. You can further diversify by buying shares in several mutual funds that own different types of securities. Diversification is designed to reduce market risk and does not assure against market loss.

To learn more about your investment options, call 1-800-888-4700 to speak with one of our U.S. Bancorp Investment Specialists today or Contact Investments.

First American Asset Management, a division of U.S. Bank National Association, serves as the investment advisor to the First American Funds and receives compensation for such advisory services. For more complete information about any First American Fund, including charges and expenses, send for a prospectus from: U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., 100 South 5th Street, Suite 1400, Minneapolis, MN 55402. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For Broker/Dealer inquiries, call 1-800-814-3406.

In choosing a retirement plan and completing plan documents, we recommend that you seek advice from your legal or tax advisors.

Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 11Ac1-6

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. has prepared the linked report pursuant to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule 11Ac1-6 requiring quarterly reports of order routing practices. The report provides information on the routing of any order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed to a particular venue for execution. For these non-directed orders, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. has selected the execution venue on behalf of its customers. View the U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. 11Ac1-6 report.

Insurance products, including annuities are available through U.S. Bancorp Insurance Services, LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., in Montana U.S. Bancorp Insurance Services of Montana, Inc., and in Wyoming U.S. Bancorp Insurance & Investments, Inc. All are licensed insurance agencies and subsidiaries of U.S. Bancorp and affiliates of U.S. Bank. Policies are underwritten by unaffiliated insurance companies and may not be available in all states.

NOT A DEPOSIT	NOT FDIC INSURED
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
MAY LOSE VALUE	NOT GUARANTEED BY THE BANK

Investment products and services are available through U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., member FINRA and SIPC, an investment advisor and a brokerage subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and affiliate of U.S. Bank.

* U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Insurance Services, LLC is not a tax advisor. When it is appropriate, you are encouraged to seek professional tax advice.






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