Strategy. The Portfolio is intended to be used as part of a broader investment program administered directly by Bernstein Private Wealth Management of AllianceBernstein L.P. (Bernstein). The performance and objectives of the Portfolio should be evaluated only in the context of the investors complete investment program. The Portfolio is NOT designed to be used as a stand-alone investment. The Portfolio may invest in a diversified portfolio of securities and other financial instruments, including derivative instruments, that provide investment exposure to a variety of asset classes. These asset classes may include: equity securities and fixed-income instruments of issuers located within and outside the United States, real estate related securities, below-investment grade (high yield) securities (commonly known as junk bonds), currencies and commodities. … Show more… The Portfolio is intended to be used as part of a broader investment program administered directly by Bernstein Private Wealth Management of AllianceBernstein L.P. (Bernstein). The performance and objectives of the Portfolio should be evaluated only in the context of the investors complete investment program. The Portfolio is NOT designed to be used as a stand-alone investment. The Portfolio may invest in a diversified portfolio of securities and other financial instruments, including derivative instruments, that provide investment exposure to a variety of asset classes. These asset classes may include: equity securities and fixed-income instruments of issuers located within and outside the United States, real estate related securities, below-investment grade (high yield) securities (commonly known as junk bonds), currencies and commodities. By adjusting investment exposure among the various asset classes in the Portfolio, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the Manager) seeks to manage the volatility of diversified client portfolios managed by Bernstein that reflect a significant allocation to equity securities. The Portfolios asset class exposures may be implemented and adjusted either through transactions in individual securities or through derivatives. The Portfolio seeks to minimize the impact of U.S. federal income taxes on shareholders returns over time by managing the impact of portfolio turnover. Income earned by the Portfolio may be taxable. The Portfolio obtains equity exposure by investing directly in equity securities, through investments in other registered funds, including, but not limited to, other funds managed by the Manager, and through derivatives. Equity securities are generally common stocks, but may also include preferred stock, warrants and convertible securities of U.S. and foreign issuers, including sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and derivatives. When investing directly in equity securities, the Portfolio generally pursues a combination of quality and low volatility equities. The research analyses that support buy and sell decisions for the Portfolio are fundamental and bottom-up, based largely on specific company and industry findings and taking into account broad economic forecasts. The Portfolio expects to use options strategies (involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indices), futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indices), swap agreements (including interest rate swaps and currency swaps) or shares of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges. The Portfolio may obtain fixed-income exposure through derivatives but may also invest directly in U.S., international and emerging market fixed-income instruments, including high yield securities and inflation-protected securities. To identify attractive bonds for the Portfolio, the Manager combines quantitative and fundamental research forecasts through a disciplined investment process to identify opportunities among country/yield curves, sectors, securities and currencies. The Portfolios fixed-income instruments are primarily investment grade debt securities, but may also include below-investment grade securities and preferred stock. The Manager alters asset class exposures as market and economic conditions change. The Manager employs risk/return tools and fundamental research insights to determine how to adjust the Portfolios exposures to various asset classes. These dynamic adjustments to the Portfolios asset class exposures are implemented principally through the use of derivatives. The Portfolio may maintain a significant percentage of its assets in cash and cash equivalent instruments, some of which may serve as margin or collateral for the Portfolios obligations under derivative transactions. The Portfolio may invest part or all of its portfolio in U.S. Government obligations or investment-grade debt securities of U.S. issuers, including municipal issuers. The Manager also may use ETFs, exchange traded notes, structured investments and commodity-linked notes in seeking to carry out the Portfolios investment strategies. The Portfolio may enter into foreign currency transactions for hedging and non-hedging purposes on a spot ( i.e. , cash) basis or through the use of derivatives. An appropriate hedge of currency exposure resulting from the Portfolios securities positions may not be available or cost effective, or the Manager may determine not to hedge the positions, possibly even under market conditions where doing so could benefit the Portfolio. The Manager employs tax management strategies in an attempt to reduce the impact of U.S. federal income taxes on shareholders in the Portfolio. For example, the Manager considers the tax impact that buy and sell investment decisions will have on the Portfolios shareholders. The Manager may sell certain securities in order to realize capital losses. Capital losses may be used to offset realized capital gains. To minimize capital gains distributions, the Manager may sell securities in the Portfolio with the highest cost basis. The Manager may monitor the length of time the Portfolio has held an investment to evaluate whether the investment should be sold at a short-term gain or held for a longer period so that the gain on the investment will be taxed at the lower long-term rate. In making this decision, the Manager considers whether, in its judgment, the risk of continued exposure to the investment is worth the tax savings of a lower capital gains rate. There can be no assurance that any of these strategies will be effective or that their use will not adversely affect the gross returns of the Portfolio. Exposure to certain other asset classes may also be achieved through investments in other registered funds advised by the Manager (AB Mutual Funds), including the AB All Market Real Return Portfolio of AB Bond Fund, Inc. Show less