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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497
Registration File No.: 33-87472
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER INFORMATION FUND
DATED JULY 29, 1998
The first paragraph under the subsection entitled "Portfolio Management"
in the section of the Prospectus entitled "INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES"
is hereby replaced by the following:
The Fund's portfolio is managed within MSDW Advisors' Growth Group. Guy G.
Rutherfurd, Jr., Senior Vice President of MSDW Advisors, has been the
primary portfolio manager of the Fund since May 1999, and has been
assisted by Glen H. Frey, Assistant Vice President of MSDW Advisors, since
that time. Mr. Rutherfurd has been a portfolio manager with MSDW Advisors
since February 1997, prior to which time he was Executive Vice President
and Chief Investment Officer of Nomura Asset Management (U.S.A.) Inc. (May
1992-February 1997). Mr. Frey has been a portfolio manager with MSDW
Advisors since July 1997, prior to which time he was an investment analyst
with Brinson Partners, Incorporated (April 1995-July 1997), and prior
thereto was a graduate student at the University of Chicago Graduate School
of Business.
May 11, 1999
