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                                                                  SCUDDER SELECT 1000 GROWTH FUND
           SCUDDER LARGE COMPANY VALUE FUND                        SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF
            SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF                          ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED DECEMBER 1, 1999                          MARCH 31, 1999

             VALUE FUND - SCUDDER SHARES                                SCUDDER GLOBAL FUND
SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION        SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL
                DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2000                                   INFORMATION DATED
                                                                           JANUARY 1,2000
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The following text  supplements the section entitled  "Investment  Objective and
Policies" for each Fund's Statement of Additional Information:

Real  Estate  Investment  Trusts  ("REITs").   REITs  are  sometimes  informally
characterized  as equity REITs,  mortgage REITs and hybrid REITs.  Investment in
REITs may subject the Fund to risks associated with the direct ownership of real
estate,  such  as  decreases  in real  estate  values,  overbuilding,  increased
competition  and other risks  related to local or general  economic  conditions,
increases  in  operating  costs and  property  taxes,  changes  in zoning  laws,
casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities,  regulatory
limitations on rent and  fluctuations  in rental income.  Equity REITs generally
experience  these risks  directly  through fee or leasehold  interests,  whereas
mortgage REITs generally  experience  these risks  indirectly  through  mortgage
interests,  unless the mortgage REIT  forecloses on the underlying  real estate.
Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of the Fund's  investment in
REITs.  For  instance,  during  periods of  declining  interest  rates,  certain
mortgage REITs may hold mortgages  that the  mortgagors  elect to prepay,  which
prepayment may diminish the yield on securities issued by those REITs.

Certain REITs have relatively  small market  capitalizations,  which may tend to
increase the  volatility of the market price of their  securities.  Furthermore,
REITs  are  dependent  upon   specialized   management   skills,   have  limited
diversification and are,  therefore,  subject to risks inherent in operating and
financing a limited  number of  projects.  REITs are also  subject to heavy cash
flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and the possibility of failing to qualify
for tax-free  pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended,  and to maintain  exemption from the  registration  requirements of the
1940 Act. By investing in REITs indirectly  through the Fund, a shareholder will
bear not only his or her proportionate  share of the expenses of the Fund's, but
also,  indirectly,  similar  expenses of the REITs.  In  addition,  REITs depend
generally  on their  ability  to  generate  cash flow to make  distributions  to
shareholders.



February 21, 2000



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