UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number

811-21872


Mutual Fund Series Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


17605 Wright Street Omaha, Nebraska                 68130

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)


James Ash, Gemini Fund Services, LLC.

 

450 Wireless Blvd., Hauppauge, NY 11788

              (Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

631-470-2619


Date of fiscal year end:

6/30


Date of reporting period: 6/30/13


ITEM 1.  REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS






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ANNUAL REPORT


Day Hagan Tactical Allocation Fund of ETFs

June 30, 2013







Day Hagan Asset Management

1000 South Tamiami Trail

Sarasota, FL 34236


1-877-329-4246



June 30, 2013

Annual Shareholder Letter

Dear Shareholder,

Whether or not one subscribes to the philosophical or political rationalizations supporting Central Bank intervention, we likely would agree that over the past year, concerted global quantitative easing policies have resulted in higher equity prices and lower bond yields.   Without question, QE has been the driver of all things financial.

This was certainly the case in the United States; but even Japan, and to a lesser extent, Europe, have benefited from substantial stimulus policies enacted by their respective governing financial institutions.

The waves of cheap money and advantageous borrowing rates for governments and corporations have served to lower interest expenses, encourage leverage, promote risk-taking and finance stock buybacks.  In the end, U.S. corporate earnings and the U.S. stock market (as represented by the S&P 500) have managed to achieve all-time highs.  Global markets have done their best to keep up.

With the premise of laissez faire having been abandoned in favor of governmental intervention, risks have been shifted.  Not lessened -- just shifted.   As risks are shifted, the delay in recognition, in our opinion, has heightened and magnified those risks.  The most glaring example has been the massive inflows in to fixed income related securities and the potential for a bear market in bonds (and significantly higher interest rates).

We can't be certain when those delayed risks will come back to exact their influence upon the markets.  That is why our strategy incorporates technical analysis in conjunction with our fundamental approach.  We attempt to stay with the trend until it reaches an extreme and reverses.  

During our fiscal year from June 30, 2012 through June 30, 2013, we maintained an equity exposure that recognized the positive influences of stimulative policies, lower capital costs and artificially depressed discount rates.  We also, however, had an eye on what could have been some serious risks -- the potential exit of EU members, oil disruptions (Suez and Straits of Hormuz),  banking crises, and government shutdowns.

During the 12-month period, we tended to favor stocks over bonds, U.S. equities over international equities, smaller capitalization indexes over large cap, and value over growth.  Except for earlier in the fiscal year (during the August 2012 through September 2012 period), we remained underweight fixed income-related holdings.  

As of June 30, 2013, global risks have diminished relative to early 2012 -- but haven't disappeared.  Nevertheless, we view return opportunities as continuing to be available.  It appears that, indeed, the passing of time can be healthy, and we contend that over the past year, corporate balance sheets have strengthened, consumers are now better off than they were a year ago, and confidence is improving.  We'd also posit that the financial system, after a series of stress tests and recapitalization efforts (along with improving/declining liabilities due to fewer financial insolvencies) is better funded and positioned.

We note that during a time span that included Occupy Wall Street, exit strategies from Iraq and Afghanistan, a slowdown in China, Syrian and Egyptian uprisings, domestic terrorism, natural disasters, Presidential elections, and political gridlock around the world, even these disruptions weren't enough to derail the uptrend.  

Our core investment philosophy continues to rest on the foundation that our most important mandate is to protect capital and then grow it in a rational manner as opportunities present themselves.  We will continue to tactically allocate among U.S. equities, international equities, fixed income sectors, commodities, precious metals, currencies and cash using Exchange Traded funds that address major asset classes and investment styles from around the world.

Sincerely,


Donald L. Hagan, CFA

Arthur S. Day

Portfolio Manager

Portfolio Manager












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