EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation

C000153797 Fund Overview

EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation is a US mutual fund managed by Eq Advisors Trust, categorised as Capital Appreciation / Growth Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

• Type: US mutual fund
• Manager: Eq Advisors Trust
• Category: Capital Appreciation / Growth Allocation
• Assets under management: $882.11M
• 1-year return: 15.2%
• SEC CIK: 0001027263
• SEC series ID: S000048891
• Share class ID: C000153797

C000153797 Investment Objective and Strategy

EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Eq Advisors Trust.

Investment objective

Seeks to achieve long term capital appreciation under normal market conditions, while focusing on the preservation of capital in distressed market environments.

Principal investment strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will seek to invest approximately 60% of its assets in equity investments and approximately 40% of its assets in fixed income investments. On a periodic basis (typically monthly), the Sub-Adviser will rebalance the Portfolios investments in response to changes in market value or other factors to maintain these strategic allocations. During periods before or after such rebalancing, the Portfolio may deviate from its strategic allocations. The Portfolios equity allocation will be invested in the following equity asset categories: US Large Cap Equity, US Mid Cap Equity, US Small Cap Equity, European Equity, United Kingdom Equity and Japanese Equity. Under normal market conditions, approximately half of the Portfolios equity allocation will be invested in instruments that provide exposure to US Large Cap Equity, with the remainder being allocated to the other equity asset classes.

The Portfolios equity investments may include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), common and preferred stocks, options, rights, warrants, convertible securities and other equity-related instruments, including, but not limited to, derivatives as described below. The Sub-Adviser will periodically (typically monthly) rebalance the Portfolios allocations among the equity asset categories to maintain the desired exposure to each asset category. Securities may be issued by issuers located in any country, and may be denominated in any currency. Substantially all of the Portfolios fixed-income allocation will be invested primarily in instruments that provide exposure to the U.S. Treasuries asset category, such as U.S. Treasuries and U.S. Treasury futures contracts, with an intermediate weighted average duration (generally, 7-10 years).

The Portfolios investments in fixed income securities may include floating or variable rate obligations, zero coupon securities and pay-in-kind securities. The Sub-Adviser will implement and monitor a volatility management strategy for the Portfolio that is intended to reduce the Portfolios overall volatility. Volatility is a statistical measure of the magnitude of changes in the Portfolios returns, without regard to the direction of those changes. Higher volatility generally indicates higher risk and is often reflected by frequent and sometimes significant movements up and down in value. When the expected volatility of a sub-asset category in which the Portfolio invests increases to a certain level as determined by the Sub-Adviser based on its proprietary risk model, the Portfolio may reduce its exposure to that sub-asset category by investing up to 100% of its target allocation to that sub-asset category to cash or cash equivalents or an offsetting position.

During such times, the Portfolios overall exposure to equity investments or fixed income investments may deviate significantly from its strategic allocation target and could be substantially less than 60% or 40%, respectively, of the Portfolios assets (and, in each case, could be 0%). Although the Portfolios tactical management is intended to reduce the Portfolios overall risk, it may result in periods of underperformance. The Sub-Adviser may determine, in its sole discretion, not to implement the volatility management strategy or to allocate the Portfolios assets in a manner different than the strategic allocations described above for various reasons including, but not limited to, if the volatility management strategy would result in de minimis trades or result in excess trading due to expected flows into or out of the Portfolio, or in connection with market events and conditions and other circumstances as determined by the Sub-Adviser.

Volatility management techniques may reduce potential losses and/or mitigate financial risks to insurance companies that provide certain benefits and guarantees available under the Contracts and offer the Portfolio as an investment option in their products. In pursuing its investment objective, the Portfolio may also invest in derivatives for the efficient management of the Portfolio (including to enhance returns), to implement the volatility management strategy or for the hedging of certain market risks. It is anticipated that the Portfolios derivative instruments will consist primarily of long and short positions on global, exchange-traded equity and fixed income futures contracts and options on futures contracts and cash indices as well as currency forwards. The Portfolio also may utilize other types of derivatives and may engage in short sales.

The Portfolios investments in derivatives may be deemed to involve the use of leverage because the Portfolio is not required to invest the full market value of the contract upon entering into the contract but participates in gains and losses on the full contract price. The use of derivatives also may be deemed to involve the use of leverage because the heightened price sensitivity of some derivatives to market changes may magnify the Portfolios gain or loss. The Portfolio may also enter into certain types of repurchase agreements. Under a repurchase agreement, the seller agrees to repurchase a security at a mutually agreed-upon time and price. In addition, the Portfolio may also invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs). From time to time or potentially for extended periods of time in periods of continued market distress, the Portfolio may maintain a considerable percentage of its total assets in cash and cash equivalent instruments, including money market funds which may be affiliated with the Adviser, as margin or collateral for the Portfolios obligations under derivative transactions and for other portfolio management purposes.

The larger the value of the Portfolios derivative positions, as opposed to positions held in non-derivative instruments, the more the Portfolio will be required to maintain cash and cash equivalents as margin or collateral for such derivatives. The Portfolio also may lend its portfolio securities to earn additional income.

C000153797 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

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C000153797 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000153797 Performance

Total returns for C000153797 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

C000153797 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000153797, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.9%

C000153797 Costs and Fees

C000153797 costs about $115 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 1.15%
• Gross expense ratio: 1.26%
• Portfolio turnover: 139%
• Brokerage commissions: 0.30 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000153797 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-06, EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation had net inflows of $10.78M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

C000153797 Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000153797 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-26
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-25
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-27
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-11
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-10

Related Funds

Other Capital Appreciation / Growth Allocation funds tracked on ABC INVEST:

• Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund (MBXAX)
• Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS)
• SPDR Bridgewater All Weather ETF (ALLW)
• Capital Appreciation Value Fund (JCAVX)
• Goldman Sachs Growth Strategy Portfolio (GGSIX)

Data Sources

ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.