PSF PGIM Laddered Allocation S&P 500 Buffer 12 Portfolio Investment Risks - PSF PGIM Laddered Allocation S&P 500 Buffer 12 Portfolio |
Jun. 11, 2025 |
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| Buffered Loss Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Buffered Loss Risk. There can be no guarantee that the Portfolio will provide downside protection against SPY losses. The buffer is only provided by the Underlying ETFs and the Portfolio itself does not provide any stated buffer against losses. The Portfolio likely will not receive the full benefit of the Underlying ETF buffers and could have limited upside potential. The Portfolio does not provide principal protection and a shareholder may experience significant losses including losing their entire investment. Each Underlying ETF’s strategy seeks to deliver returns that match the price return of SPY (up to the cap), while limiting downside losses, if shares are bought on the first day of a Target Outcome Period and held until the end of that Target Outcome Period. To the extent the Portfolio acquires shares of the Underlying ETFs in connection with creations of new shares of the Portfolio and during each quarterly rebalancing, the Portfolio typically will not acquire Underlying ETF shares on the first day of a Target Outcome Period. Likewise, to the extent the Portfolio disposes of shares of the Underlying ETFs in connection with redemptions of shares of the Portfolio and during each quarterly rebalancing, any such dispositions typically will not occur on the last day of a Target Outcome Period. In the event that the Portfolio acquires shares after the first day of a Target Outcome Period or disposes of shares prior to the end of a Target Outcome Period, the buffer that the Underlying ETF seeks to provide may not be available. If the Portfolio purchases Underlying ETF shares during a Target Outcome Period at a time when the Underlying ETF has decreased in value by 12% or 20% (as applicable) or more from the value of the Underlying ETF on the first day of the Target Outcome Period (the “Initial Underlying ETF Value”), the buffer protection received by the Portfolio from its investments in the Underlying ETF will essentially be zero (meaning the Portfolio can lose its entire investment). If the Portfolio purchases Underlying ETF shares at a time when the Underlying ETF has decreased in value by less than 12% or 20% (as applicable) from the Initial Underlying ETF Value, the Underlying ETF's buffer protection received by the Portfolio from its investments in the Underlying ETF will be reduced by the difference between the Initial Underlying ETF Value and the NAV of the Underlying ETF on the date the Portfolio purchases the shares. |
| Cap Change Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Cap Change Risk. A new cap for an Underlying ETF is established at the beginning of each Target Outcome Period and is dependent on prevailing market conditions. As a result, the cap may rise or fall from one Target Outcome Period to the next and is unlikely to remain the same for consecutive Target Outcome Periods. |
| Capped Upside Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Capped Upside Risk. Each Underlying ETF’s strategy seeks to provide returns that match the price return of SPY for shares acquired on the first day of a Target Outcome Period and held for the entire Target Outcome Period, subject to a pre-determined upside cap. Because the Portfolio will acquire shares of the Underlying ETFs in connection with creations of new shares of the Portfolio and during each quarterly rebalance, the Portfolio typically will not acquire Underlying ETF shares on the first day of a Target Outcome Period. Likewise, the Portfolio will dispose of shares of the Underlying ETFs in connection with redemptions of shares of the Portfolio and during each quarterly rebalance, and such disposals typically will not occur on the last day of a Target Outcome Period. In the event that the Portfolio acquires Underlying ETF shares after the first day of a Target Outcome Period and the Underlying ETF has risen in value to a level near or at the cap (because the Portfolio’s potential gain will be limited to the difference between the Underlying ETF's NAV on the date the Portfolio purchases Underlying ETF shares and the cap), there may be little or no ability for the Portfolio to experience an investment gain on those Underlying ETF shares; however, the Portfolio will remain vulnerable to downside risks. This could be true for all of the Underlying ETFs held by the Portfolio at a certain point in time severely limiting the Portfolio's ability to participate in gains during that time. If SPY experiences gains during a Target Outcome Period, an Underlying ETF will not participate in those gains beyond the cap. If the Portfolio buys Underlying ETF shares when the price exceeds the cap, the Portfolio will not experience any gain in respect of those Underlying ETF shares regardless of the performance of SPY. |
| Counterparty Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Counterparty Risk. Underlying ETF transactions involving a counterparty (including derivatives) are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Underlying ETF. Counterparty risk may arise because of the counterparty’s financial condition (i.e., financial difficulties, bankruptcy, or insolvency), market activities and developments, or other reasons, whether foreseen or not. A counterparty’s inability to fulfill its obligation may result in significant financial loss to the Underlying ETF. The Underlying ETF may be unable to recover its investment from the counterparty or may obtain a limited recovery, and/or recovery may be delayed. The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”) acts as guarantor and central counterparty with respect to the FLEX Options. As a result, the ability of the Underlying ETF to meet its objective depends on the OCC being able to meet its obligations. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Underlying ETF could suffer significant losses. |
| Equity And Equity Related Securities Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk. From time to time, the Portfolio may purchase or hold equity or equity-related securities incidental to the purchase or ownership of fixed income instruments or in connection with a reorganization of a borrower. These include common stock, preferred stock or securities that may be converted into or exchanged for common stock—known as convertible securities—like rights and warrants. The value of a particular equity or equity-related security held by a Portfolio could fluctuate, perhaps greatly, in response to a number of factors, such as changes in the issuer’s financial condition, changes in interest rates, or heightened levels of inflation. Such events may result in losses to the Portfolio. In addition, due to decreases in liquidity, the Portfolio may be unable to sell its securities holdings within a reasonable time at the price it values the security or at any price. |
| Exchange Traded Funds ETF Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Risk. An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a mutual fund that has the same investment objective, strategies, and policies. In addition, the market price of an ETF’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value and there may not be an active trading market for an ETF’s shares. The Portfolio could lose money investing in an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF go down. |
| FLEX Options Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | FLEX Options Risk. The Underlying ETFs invest in FLEX Options. When an Underlying ETF purchases an option, it may lose the premium paid for it if the price of the underlying security, commodity or other asset decreases or remains the same (in the case of a call option) or increases or remains the same (in the case of a put option). If a put or call option purchased by the Underlying ETF were permitted to expire without being sold or exercised, its premium would represent a loss to the Underlying ETF. To the extent that the Underlying ETF writes or sells an option, if the decline or increase in the underlying asset is significantly below or above the exercise price of the written option, the Underlying ETF, and, in turn, the Portfolio could experience a substantial or unlimited loss. Options pricing is volatile, and the price may fluctuate based on movements in the value of the underlying asset or for reasons other than changes in the value of the underlying asset. Investments in options are considered speculative.FLEX Options are subject to the risk that they may be less liquid than other securities, including standardized options. FLEX Options are listed on an exchange; however, there is no guarantee that a liquid trading market will exist for the FLEX Options. In a less liquid market for the FLEX Options, liquidating the FLEX Options may require the payment of a premium (for written FLEX Options) or acceptance of a discounted price (for purchased FLEX Options) and may take longer to complete. A less liquid trading market may adversely impact the value of the FLEX Options, Underlying ETF shares, and, in turn, Portfolio shares and result in the Portfolio being unable to achieve its investment objective. |
| FLEX Options Trading Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | FLEX Options Trading Risk. Transactions in FLEX Options are required to be centrally cleared. In a transaction involving FLEX Options, the Underlying ETF’s counterparty is the OCC, rather than a bank or broker. Since the Underlying ETF is not a member of the OCC and only members (“clearing members”) can participate directly in the OCC, the Underlying ETF will hold its FLEX Options through accounts at clearing members. For FLEX Options positions, the Underlying ETF will make payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from the OCC through its accounts at clearing members. Although clearing members guarantee their clients’ obligations to the OCC, there is a risk that a clearing member may default. The OCC collects margin, maintains a clearing fund specifically to mitigate a clearing member default and segregates all customer accounts from a clearing member’s proprietary accounts, however customer accounts are held in an omnibus account and are not identified with the name of an individual customer. As a result, assets deposited by the Underlying ETF with a clearing member as margin for FLEX Options may be used to satisfy losses of other clients of the Underlying ETF’s clearing member. There is a risk that the assets of the Underlying ETF might not be fully protected in the event of a clearing member’s default and the Underlying ETF would be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of the clearing member’s customers for the relevant account class. Therefore, the Underlying ETF could experience significant loss in the event of a clearing member’s default. Additionally, the OCC may be unable to perform its obligations under the FLEX Options contracts due to unexpected events, which could negatively impact the value of the Underlying ETF. |
| FLEX Options Valuation Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | FLEX Options Valuation Risk. The FLEX Options held by the Underlying ETFs will be exercisable at the strike price only on their expiration date. As an in-the-money FLEX Option approaches its expiration date, its value typically will increasingly move with the value of the SPY. However, the value of the FLEX Options prior to the expiration date may vary because of related factors other than the value of the SPY. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. Factors that may influence the value of the FLEX Options generally include interest rate changes, dividends, the actual and implied volatility levels of the SPY’s share price, and the remaining time until the FLEX Options expire, among others. The value of the FLEX Options held by an Underlying ETF typically do not increase or decrease at the same rate as the SPY’s share price on a day-to-day basis due to these factors (although they generally move in the same direction), and, as a result, the Underlying ETF’s NAV (and, in turn, the Portfolio’s NAV) may not increase or decrease at the same rate as the SPY’s share price. |
| Large Capitalization Company Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Large Capitalization Companies Risk. SPY invests in the securities of large capitalization companies. Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Underlying ETF’s, and, in turn, the Portfolio's value may not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations. |
| Large Shareholder And Large Scale Redemption Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Large Shareholder and Large Scale Redemption Risk. Certain individuals, accounts, funds (including funds affiliated with the Manager) or institutions, including the Manager and its affiliates, may from time to time own or control a substantial amount of the Portfolio’s shares. There is no requirement that these entities maintain their investment in the Portfolio. There is a risk that such large shareholders or that the Portfolio’s shareholders generally may redeem all or a substantial portion of their investments in the Portfolio in a short period of time, which could have a significant negative impact on the Portfolio’s NAV, liquidity, and brokerage costs. Large redemptions could also result in tax consequences to shareholders and impact the Portfolio’s ability to implement its investment strategy. The Portfolio’s ability to pursue its investment objective after one or more large scale redemptions may be impaired and, as a result, the Portfolio may invest a larger portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. |
| Market And Management Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Market and Management Risk. Markets in which the Portfolio invests may experience volatility and go down in value, and possibly sharply and unpredictably in short periods of time. Investment techniques, risk analyses, and investment strategies, which may include quantitative models or methods, used by a subadviser in making investment decisions for the Portfolio are subject to human error and may not produce the intended or desired results. While a Portfolio Manager or Subadviser(s) may make efforts to control the risks associated with market changes, and may attempt to identify changes as they occur, market environment changes can be sudden and extreme. The value of the Portfolio’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of domestic or global events, including war, terrorism, significant or unexpected failures, near-failures or credit downgrades of key institutions, unexpected changes in the prices of key commodities, government actions, environmental disasters, natural disasters, sanctions, cybersecurity events, supply chain disruptions, political or civil instability, and public health emergencies, among others. Such events may reduce consumer demand or economic output, result in market closures, travel restrictions or quarantines, and significantly adversely impact the economy. These events can adversely affect the liquidity and volatility of investments held by the Portfolio, and there is no guarantee that the investment objective of the Portfolio will be achieved. In periods of market volatility and/or declines, the Portfolio may experience high levels of shareholder redemptions, and may have to sell securities at times when it would otherwise not do so, and at unfavorable prices. |
| New Small Portfolio Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | New/Small Portfolio Risk. The Portfolio recently commenced operations and has a limited operating history. As a new and relatively small fund, the Portfolio's performance may not represent how the Portfolio is expected to or may perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies. Investment positions may have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on performance in new and smaller funds. New and smaller funds may also require a period of time before they are invested in securities that meet their investment objectives and policies and achieve a representative portfolio composition. Since the Portfolio is new, an active secondary market for the shares of the Portfolio may not develop or may not continue once developed. Shareholders holding large blocks of shares of the Portfolio, including the Manager and its affiliates, may hold their shares for long periods of time, which may lead to reduced trading volumes, wider trading spreads and impede the development or maintenance of an active secondary trading market for Portfolio shares. These large shareholders may also loan or sell all or a portion of their Portfolio shares, which may result in increasing concentration of Portfolio shares in a small number of holders, and the potential for large redemptions, decreases in Portfolio assets and increased expenses for remaining shareholders. |
| Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Portfolio Turnover Risk. A subadviser may engage in active trading on behalf of the Portfolio—that is, frequent trading of the Portfolio’s securities—in order to take advantage of new investment opportunities or yield differentials. The Portfolio's turnover rate may be higher than that of other mutual funds. Portfolio turnover generally involves some expense to the Portfolio, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestment in other securities. |
| Target Outcome Period Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Target Outcome Period Risk. Each Underlying ETF’s investment strategy is designed to deliver returns that match the price return of SPY if shares are bought on the day on which the Underlying ETF enters into the FLEX Options (i.e., the first day of a Target Outcome Period) and held until those FLEX Options expire at the end of the Target Outcome Period subject to the cap. Because the Portfolio will acquire shares of the Underlying ETFs in connection with creations of new shares of the Portfolio and during each quarterly rebalance, the Portfolio typically will not acquire Underlying ETF shares on the first day of a Target Outcome Period. Likewise, the Portfolio will dispose of shares of the Underlying ETFs in connection with redemptions of shares of the Portfolio and during each quarterly rebalance, and such disposals typically will not occur on the last day of a Target Outcome Period. In the event the Portfolio acquires shares of an underlying ETF after the first day of a Target Outcome Period or disposes of shares prior to the expiration of the Target Outcome Period, the value of the Portfolio’s investment in Underlying ETF shares may not be buffered against a decline in the value of SPY and may not participate in a gain in the value of SPY for the Portfolio’s investment period. |
| Underlying ETF Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Underlying ETF and SPY Risk. The value of an investment in the Portfolio will be related, to a degree, to the investment performance of the Underlying ETFs, and, in turn, SPY. Therefore, the principal risks of investing in the Portfolio are closely related to the principal risks associated with the Underlying ETF and its investments. Exposure to the Underlying ETFs will also expose the Fund to a pro rata portion of the Underlying ETFs’ fees and expenses. The fluctuating value of the FLEX Options will affect the Underlying ETFs’ value, and, in turn, Portfolio's value.The Portfolio intends to generally rebalance its portfolio to equal weight (i.e., 8 1∕3% per Underlying ETF) quarterly, in connection with the reset of each Underlying ETF. In between such rebalances, market movements in the prices of the Underlying ETFs may result in the Portfolio having temporary larger exposures to certain Underlying ETFs compared to others. Under such circumstances, the Portfolio’s returns would be more greatly influenced by the returns of the Underlying ETFs with the larger exposures. |
| Risk Lose Money [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | The relative significance of the risks summarized below may change over time. All investments have risks to some degree, and it is possible that you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. |
| Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. |