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Fund Research for Merk Hard Currency Inv (MERKX)

  • Fund Overview

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    Return Since Inception:
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    Yield (TTM):
    Net Assets: —
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    Size
    Average Market Cap $— M
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    Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any)
  • Fund Performance

    10 year Growth Chart
    Growth of $10,000 from 05/31/2005 to 02/28/2010
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund -0.25% 18.22% 7.16% 6.12%
    +/- Category -0.78% 18.16% 7.16%
    +/- ML USD LIBOR 3 Mon CM 3.38%

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 02/28/2010) -2.09% 17.77% 6.56% 6.12%
    Quarter (as of 12/31/2009) 13.84% 13.84% 7.62% 6.82%
  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information
    Service
    Manufacturing

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 75.85% 75.85%
    Stocks 0.00% 0.00%
    Bonds 15.14% 15.14%
    Other 0.00% 0.00%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)
    0.00% 0.00%
    Data as of 12/31/2009 Data as of 12/31/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Sector P/E Return as of 02/28/2010 Net Assets
    + Increase - Decrease = No change * New since last portfolio
    Top 10 holdings account for the fund's short positions (if any). Net short positions appear shaded.
    P/E as of 03/18/2010
    All other data as of 09/30/2009

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial
    Deferred
    Taken from prospectus dated 08/01/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 1.32%
    Taken from annual report dated 03/31/2009

  • Fund Management

    Axel Merk
    Start Date: 05/10/2005
    Merk is president of the Merk Investments, LLC which he founded in 2001. He conducted investment advisory activities for Merk Investments AG, a company he founded in Switzerland in 1994, until he transferred these activities to the Adviser in 2001.