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Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Total Return Fund  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is a non-diversified series of Tortoise Capital Series Trust and is regulated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to track the performance of an index. The Fund’s investment objective to seek total return is non-fundamental.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in securities of energy infrastructure companies. Energy infrastructure companies are companies that process, store, transport and market natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products and crude oil (i.e., midstream infrastructure) as well as generate, transport and distribute electricity (i.e., power & renewable infrastructure). The Fund intends to focus its investments primarily in equity securities of midstream infrastructure and also may invest in midstream master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and power and renewable infrastructure. MLPs, also known as publicly traded partnerships, predominately operate, or directly or indirectly own, energy-related assets. For purposes of this strategy, energy infrastructure companies include investment companies that invest primarily in energy infrastructure companies. The Fund is non-diversified.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities of any market capitalization that are publicly traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter market, consisting of common stock, but also including, among others, MLP and limited liability company (“LLC”) common units; the equity securities issued by MLP affiliates, such as common shares of corporations that own, directly or indirectly, MLP general partner interests; and other investment companies that invest in energy infrastructure companies.

MLP common units represent an equity ownership interest in an MLP. Some energy infrastructure companies in which the Fund may invest are organized as LLCs which are treated in the same manner as MLPs for federal income tax purposes. The Fund may invest in LLC common units which represent an ownership interest in the LLC. Interests in MLP and LLC common units entitle the holder to a share of the company’s success through distributions and/or capital appreciation.

Pursuant to tax regulations, the Fund may invest no more than 25% of its total assets in the securities of MLPs and other entities treated as qualified publicly traded partnerships.

In addition, the Fund may invest in preferred equity and convertible securities.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund may invest up to: (i) 30% of its total assets in securities denominated in the currency of a non-North American country, which may include securities issued by energy companies organized and/or having securities traded on an exchange outside North America and/or securities of other non-North American companies that are denominated in the currency of a non-North American country; (ii) 20% of its total assets in debt securities of any issuer, including securities which may be rated below investment grade (“junk bonds”) by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) or judged by Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., also doing business as TCA Advisors (“TCA Advisors” or the “Adviser”), to be of comparable credit quality; (iii) 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments; and (iv) 10% of its total assets in securities of any issuer. The Fund may invest in initial public offerings (“IPOs”). The Fund may invest in other investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. The Fund may invest in permissible securities without regard to the market capitalization of the issuer of such security. The Fund will not have any duration or weighted average maturity restrictions.

Except for investments in illiquid investments, the above investment restrictions apply at the time of purchase, and the Fund will not be required to reduce a position due solely to market value fluctuations in order to comply with these restrictions. To the extent that market value fluctuations cause illiquid investments held by the Fund to exceed 15% of its net assets, the Fund will determine how to remediate the excess illiquid investments in accordance with the 1940 Act and the Fund’s policies and procedures.

The Adviser seeks to invest the Fund in securities that offer a combination of yield, growth and quality, intended to result in attractive long-term total returns. The Adviser’s securities selection process includes a comparison of quantitative, qualitative and relative value factors. Primary emphasis will be placed on proprietary models constructed and maintained by the Adviser’s in-house investment team, although the Adviser may use research provided by broker-dealers and investment firms. To determine whether a company meets its criteria, the Adviser will generally look for long-lived energy infrastructure companies with essential assets with long economic lives (generally 20 years or more), high barriers to entry, total return potential, predictable revenue and stable operating structures, and experienced, operations-focused management teams.

Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in securities of energy infrastructure companies.
TORTOISE GLOBAL WATER ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is a series of the Trust and is regulated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and employs a “passive management” — or indexing — investment approach designed to track the performance of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is a proprietary rules-based, modified market capitalization weighted, float adjusted index comprised of companies that are materially engaged in the water infrastructure or water management industries, and are listed and traded on global developed market exchanges. The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the types of securities suggested by its name (i.e., securities of Water Companies, as defined below). The Fund expects to invest primarily in common stocks and depository receipts of Water Companies that comprise the Underlying Index. American depositary receipts (“ADRs”) are negotiable receipts issued by a U.S. bank or trust company that evidence ownership of securities in a foreign company which have been deposited with such bank or trust company’s office or agent in a foreign country. The Fund may also invest in Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), and International Depositary Receipts (“IDRs”) (collectively, with ADRs, GDRs and EDRs, “Depositary Receipts”). For purposes of the 80% test above, a “Water Company” is a company that (i) derives at least 50% of revenues from the Water Industries (as defined below); or (ii) derives at least 40% of its revenues from the Water Industries, is ranked in the top five companies by total revenue derived from any one of the Water Sub-Industries, and whose principal source of revenue comes from the Water Industries.

The Underlying Index is comprised of companies operating in one of two primary water-related industries: water infrastructure or water equipment and/or services (the “Water Industries”). Water infrastructure companies are those whose principal business is providing public water distribution or supporting/enhancing water distribution infrastructure via engineering, construction and/or consulting. Water infrastructure is comprised of two sub-industries: utilities and engineering & construction. Water equipment and/or services companies are those whose principal business is producing water equipment, such as pipes, valves, pumps and water efficiency products, or providing water services, such as filtration, treatment, and testing of water. Water equipment and/or services companies often provide technologies or products that manage or facilitate the management of water distribution and usage, including the fields of water efficiency, water treatment, and irrigation. Water equipment and/or services is comprised of two sub-industries: pipes, pumps & valves and filtration, treatment & testing (together with utilities and engineering & construction, the “Water Sub-Industries”).

To be included in the Underlying Index, a company must be a Water Company that is listed on a developed country stock exchange. Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the “Adviser”), the Fund’s investment adviser, considers Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States to be developed countries. Under normal market conditions, the Fund anticipates investing at least 40% of its assets in companies organized in multiple countries outside of the United States, in companies whose principal listing exchange is outside the United States, or in companies doing a substantial amount of business outside the United States. The Underlying Index may include small and medium capitalization companies. Eligible constituents must also have minimum capitalization and liquidity criteria.

Under normal conditions, the Fund generally will invest in substantially all of the securities that comprise the Underlying Index in proportion to their weightings in the Underlying Index; however, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the Underlying Index in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Fund may purchase a

sample of the securities in the Underlying Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques in seeking performance that corresponds to the performance of the Underlying Index. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in cash and cash equivalents, other investment companies, as well as in securities and other instruments not included in the Underlying Index but which Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC (“ETC” or the “Sub-Adviser”) believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. The Fund may invest in other investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act.

As of March 25, 2026, the Underlying Index was comprised of 58 constituents. The Underlying Index will rebalance quarterly in March, June, September and December. No constituents will be added to the Underlying Index between rebalance dates. Constituents are reviewed annually, at the March rebalance, to determine whether they continue to meet the definition of a Water Company under the Underlying Index methodology. Constituents in the Underlying Index may be deleted from the Underlying Index due to corporate events such as mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, takeovers, or delistings. Underlying Index constituent changes and updates as well as any changes to the methodology will be posted to https://tortoisecapital.com/. The Underlying Index was established in 2018 and is owned by the Adviser or an affiliate. The Adviser (also referred to herein as the “Index Provider”) provides the Underlying Index for use by the Fund at no cost to the Fund.

The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. The Underlying Index and the Fund will be concentrated in the Water Industries. The Fund is a non-diversified fund.

Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the types of securities suggested by its name (i.e., securities of Water Companies, as defined below).
Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries.
TORTOISE NORTH AMERICAN PIPELINE ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and employs a “passive management” — or indexing — investment approach designed to track the performance of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is a float adjusted, capitalization weighted index of pipeline companies that are organized and have their principal place of business in the United States or Canada. The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings

for investment purposes, in the types of securities suggested by its name (i.e., North American Pipeline Companies). A pipeline company is defined as a company that either 1) has been assigned a standard industrial classification (“SIC”) system code that indicates the company operates in the energy pipeline industry or 2) has at least 50% of its assets, cash flow or revenue associated with the operation or ownership of energy pipelines. Pipeline companies engage in the business of transporting natural gas, crude oil and refined products, storing, gathering and processing such gas, oil and products and local gas distribution.

To be included in the Underlying Index, a company must be a pipeline company that is organized and has its principal place of business in the United States or Canada (such pipeline companies are collectively referred to in this Prospectus as “North American Pipeline Companies”) and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), NASDAQ, NYSE MKT or Toronto Stock Exchange. Eligible constituents must also have a total market capitalization of at least $200 million USD at the time of inclusion in the Underlying Index. In order to remain in the Underlying Index, a company must maintain an average equity market capitalization of at least $175 million USD for a minimum of 20 trading days prior to the rebalance reference date of the Underlying Index.

Underlying Index constituents may include the following equity securities of North American pipeline companies: 1) common stock; 2) interests in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”); 3) interests in North American Pipeline Companies structured as limited liability companies; and 4) equity securities of MLP affiliates, including common shares of corporations that own, directly or indirectly, MLP general partner interests (collectively referred to herein as “MLP Affiliates”). MLP interests included in the Underlying Index must pay a distribution greater than or equal to their minimum quarterly distribution (“MQD”) at the time of inclusion in the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index will include a minimum of 30 securities. Should the number of securities that meet the Underlying Index inclusion criteria fall below 30, the Underlying Index may include additional securities to maintain an investible and diversified index. No more than 20% of the Underlying Index may consist of MLPs and no constituent can exceed 7.5% of the Underlying Index as of the reference date. Additionally, affiliated MLP families (e.g., related MLPs and/or MLP Affiliates) in aggregate may not comprise more than 15% of the Underlying Index at the rebalance reference date.

In seeking to achieve its objective as an index fund, the Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Underlying Index (or depository receipts based on such securities). Under normal conditions, the Fund generally will invest in all of the securities that comprise the Underlying Index in proportion to their weightings in the Underlying Index; however, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the Underlying Index in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of the securities in the Underlying Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques in seeking performance that corresponds to the performance of the Underlying Index. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in cash and cash equivalents, other investment companies, as well as in securities and other instruments not included in the Underlying Index but which Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC (“ETC” or the “Sub-Adviser”) believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index.

As of March 25, 2026, the Underlying Index was comprised of 44 constituents. No constituents will be added to the Underlying Index between rebalance dates, which take place on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. Constituents in the Underlying Index may be deleted from the Underlying Index due to corporate events such as mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, takeovers, or delistings. Standard rebalances take place on a quarterly basis. Special rebalances are triggered by corporate actions and will be implemented as practically as possible on a case-by-case basis. Underlying Index constituent changes and updates, as well as any changes to the methodology, will be posted to www.tortoisecapital.com. The Underlying Index

was established by Tortoise Index Solutions, LLC, and is owned by Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., (the “Adviser”). The Adviser (also referred to herein as the “Index Provider”) provides the Underlying Index for use by the Fund at no cost to the Fund.

The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. The Underlying Index and the Fund will be concentrated in the energy pipeline industry. The Fund is a non-diversified fund.

Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the types of securities suggested by its name (i.e., North American Pipeline Companies).
Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries.
Tortoise AI Infrastructure ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is a non-diversified series of the Trust and is regulated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to track the performance of an index. The Fund’s investment objectives to seek primarily long-term capital appreciation with a secondary objective of current income are non-fundamental.

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in companies that are expected to benefit from increasing AI demand and the resulting increase in demand for the specific technology and power infrastructure needs of AI. Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the “Adviser”), the Fund’s investment adviser, believes that AI workloads demand unique technology, cooling, electrical and energy infrastructure requirements and seeks to identify companies that focus on, or are expected to focus on, providing technology and power infrastructure that meets the specific needs of AI.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets (including assets obtained through borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure companies. For purposes of this 80% policy, “AI infrastructure companies” are (i) AI-capable data centers, (ii) technology infrastructure companies that provide AI-essential infrastructure to AI-capable data centers, and (iii) energy infrastructure companies that provide AI-essential infrastructure to AI-capable data centers. AI-capable data centers are facilities that, in the judgment of the portfolio managers based on fundamental research, have the equipment and resources to accommodate the intense computational demands of generative AI workloads. Technology infrastructure companies that provide AI-essential infrastructure to AI-capable data centers include companies that provide servers, data storage and memory, networking, electric equipment, HVAC equipment and similar equipment to AI-capable data centers, and contractors that design, install and maintain such systems. Energy infrastructure companies that provide AI-essential infrastructure to AI-capable data centers include those engaged in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution; natural gas production, pipelines and distribution; renewable power generation; uranium and nuclear energy production; local energy distribution; energy storage; and future energy sources. Technology infrastructure companies and energy infrastructure companies will be considered AI infrastructure companies for purposes of the Fund’s 80% investment policy if they have meaningful exposure to activities related to the provision of AI-essential infrastructure to AI-capable data centers, as measured by revenue derived from long-term assets, products, or services critical to AI output and/or meaningful capital expenditures devoted to the growth of such activities, in each case as determined by the portfolio management team based on fundamental research.

The Fund’s investments in equity securities may include both common and preferred stock. The Fund may invest in foreign securities and U.S. dollar denominated securities of foreign issuers. Such investments in securities of foreign issuers may include sponsored or unsponsored American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”). ADRs are receipts that represent interests in foreign securities held on deposit by U.S. banks. The Fund may invest in portfolio companies without regard to their market capitalization.

The Fund may, but is not required to, use various hedging techniques, such as the buying and selling of options, including covered call options, futures, interest rate swaps or total return swaps to seek to mitigate one or more risks associated with investments in portfolio securities including market risk and interest rate risk, which, among other factors, could adversely affect market valuations of specific securities or certain sectors, or the value of the Fund’s overall portfolio. The Fund may also use derivatives, including options, futures and swaps, to seek market exposure or to generate income.

The Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its assets) in the energy infrastructure, industrials and information technology industries.

Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets (including assets obtained through borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure companies.
Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] The Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its assets) in the energy infrastructure, industrials and information technology industries.
TORTOISE ELECTRIFICATION INFRASTRUCTURE ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is a non-diversified series of the Trust and is regulated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to track the performance of an index. The Fund’s primary investment objective to provide a high level of current income to shareholders and secondary investment objective of capital appreciation are non-fundamental.

The Fund seeks to invest in equity and fixed income securities primarily in power and energy infrastructure companies that provide stable and defensive characteristics throughout economic cycles. Such companies provide consistent dividends and stable earnings regardless of the state of the overall stock market. The Fund’s investment approach emphasizes current income, low volatility, and minimization of downside risk by selecting stocks with lower price fluctuations over the long term in order to mitigate losses in down markets.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets (including assets obtained through borrowings for investment purposes) in electrification infrastructure assets. For purposes of this 80% policy, “electrification infrastructure assets” include issuers that derive more than 50% of their revenue from power or electric energy infrastructure operations. “Electrification” refers to the increase and expansion of electric power generation and delivery. Electrification infrastructure companies use long-lived assets to provide electric power generation (including nuclear and renewable energy), transmission and distribution. Electrification infrastructure companies are engaged in the production or delivery of energy-related goods or services and include (i) companies that use a network of pipeline assets to transport, store, gather and/or process crude oil, refined petroleum products (including biodiesel and ethanol), natural gas or natural gas liquids and other low carbon fuels, (ii) companies that store, transport, distribute or treat water, waste management, electric and heating systems and (iii) companies in the renewable and clean energy sectors such as those that produce or deliver solar, wind, hydro or geo-thermal related products or services.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in a wide range of securities that generate income, including both dividend-paying equity securities and fixed income securities. Up to 25% of these securities may be securities issued by master limited partnerships (“MLPs”). Securities that generate income in which we may invest include the following types of securities:

        Power and Energy Infrastructure Equity Securities.    We may invest in a wide range of equity securities issued by power and energy infrastructure companies that are expected to pay dividends on a current basis. We expect that such equity investments will primarily include common stock and MLP common units. Our investment in MLP Securities is limited to 25% of total assets.

       Power and Energy Infrastructure Fixed Income Securities.    Fixed income securities include bonds, debentures, or other debt instruments, which are expected to provide a high level of current income. Our investments in securities that generate income may have fixed or variable principal payments and various interest rate and dividend payment and reset terms, including fixed rate, floating rate, adjustable rate and payment in kind features. Our investments may have extended or no maturities. Securities that generate income also may be subject to call features and redemption provisions. We may invest in securities of any credit quality that generate income, including up to 25% of our total assets in fixed income securities rated non-investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), that are considered speculative as to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.

Covered Call Options Strategy.    We also seek to provide current income from gains earned through an option strategy. We currently intend to write (sell) call options on selected equity securities in our portfolio and to only write call options on securities we hold in our portfolio (“covered calls”). The notional amount of such calls is expected to be less than approximately 20% of the total value of our portfolio, although this percentage may vary depending on the cash flow requirements of the portfolio and on Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.’s (the “Adviser”) assessment of market conditions. Under current market conditions, we presently intend to write covered calls that are generally one to three month terms and generally range from 5% to 15% out of the money, although this may vary from time to time. We currently intend to focus our covered call strategy on other energy infrastructure companies that our Adviser believes are integral links in the energy infrastructure value chain for pipeline companies, although we may write options on other securities in our portfolio in certain market environments.

The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities issued by non-U.S. issuers (including Canadian issuers). The Fund may invest in both equity and fixed-income securities issued by non-U.S. issuers. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its total assets in non-investment grade rated fixed income securities. The Fund will not invest more than 15% of its total assets in restricted securities that are ineligible for resale under Rule 144A, all of which may be illiquid securities. These investment restrictions described above apply at the time of purchase, and the Fund will not be required to reduce a position due solely to market value fluctuations.

Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets (including assets obtained through borrowings for investment purposes) in electrification infrastructure assets.
TORTOISE ENERGY ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is a series of the Trust and is regulated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act, which means that it may focus its investments in the securities of relatively few issuers. The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to track the performance of an index. The Fund’s investment objectives to seek primarily current income and secondarily long-term capital appreciation are non-fundamental.

Under normal conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in equity and debt securities of energy companies. Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the “Adviser”), the Fund’s investment adviser, considers energy companies to be comprised of companies that engage in one or more aspects of exploration, production, gathering, processing, refining, transmission, marketing, storage and delivery of energy products such as natural gas, natural gas liquids (including propane), crude oil, refined petroleum products or coal; oilfield services, including drilling, cementing and stimulations; the generation, transmission and distribution of essential services such as electricity, natural gas and water (e.g., energy utilities); hydropower and other water-based energy sources including wastewater treatment plants that generate energy; or the generation, transportation and sale of alternative, renewable, non-fossil fuel based energy sources including, but not limited to, biodiesel, ethanol, biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, solar or wind energy; emerging technology and materials companies that advance energy efficiency and conservation; and companies that provide products and services to the energy sector, that engage in energy conservation or that measure energy. The Adviser considers a company to be focused in the energy sector if at least 50% of the company’s assets are utilized in one or more of these activities. The Fund will focus its investments primarily in energy infrastructure companies, which are companies that provide critical infrastructure to generate, transmit, store and deliver energy resources including natural gas, electricity, water and renewable energy.

The Adviser intends to allocate the Fund’s assets towards the mix of equity and debt securities it deems appropriate based upon its view of economic, market, and political conditions. As a result of this asset allocation the Fund’s portfolio may, at times, be significantly invested in either equity or debt securities, or both. The Fund’s investment in equity securities may include both common and preferred stock and master limited partnerships (“MLPs”). The Fund’s investment in debt securities may include both investment grade debt securities and high yield debt securities (often called “junk bonds”), which are securities rated below investment grade (that is, rated Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (“S&P”), comparably rated by another statistical rating organization, or, if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of comparable credit quality). The Fund will only purchase debt securities which, at the time of acquisition, are rated at least B3 by Moody’s or B- by S&P or are comparably rated by another statistical rating organization, or, if unrated, are determined by the Adviser to be of comparable credit quality. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity. The Fund will invest a maximum of 50% of its total assets in debt securities.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities and U.S. dollar denominated foreign issuers. Such investments in securities of foreign issuers may include sponsored or unsponsored American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”) and Yankee bonds. ADRs are receipts that represent interests in foreign securities held on deposit by U.S. banks. Yankee bonds are bonds denominated in U.S. dollars that are publicly issued in the United States by foreign banks and corporations.

In certain market environments, the Fund may, but is not required to, use various hedging techniques, such as the buying and selling of options, including covered call options, interest rate swaps, total return swaps and foreign currency contracts, to seek to mitigate one or more risks associated with investments in portfolio securities including market risk and interest rate risk, which, among other factors, could adversely affect market valuations of specific securities or

certain sectors, or the value of the Fund’s overall portfolio. The Fund may also invest in derivatives for non-hedging purposes. Derivatives providing exposure to the types of securities in which the Fund may invest pursuant to its 80% policy will be counted toward satisfying that policy.

The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in securities that are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or that otherwise may not be sold in public offerings, which are commonly known as “restricted” securities. The Fund will typically acquire restricted securities in directly negotiated transactions.

Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] Under normal conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in equity and debt securities of energy companies.