Van Eck Global Hard Assets A
99 Park Ave - 8th Floor New York NY 10016 New York NY 10016
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Phone: 800-826-1115
| Category: | Specialty-Natural Res | | Fund Family: | Van Eck | | Net Assets: | 824.38M | | Year-to-Date Return: | 4.08% | | Yield: | 0.00% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 02-Nov-94 |
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Derek S. van Eck
Lead Manager since
07-Nov-94 | | | Van Eck joined Van Eck Associates Corporation in 1989. He is the chief investment officer of the Van Eck Associates Corporation and has overseen the investment and research operations since 1998. Van Eck oversees a team of investment professionals that includes specialists in hard asset sectors and in the emerging markets. He has over 15 years of investment management experience. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $1,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $0 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $0 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $100 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $0 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $0 |
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| The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation; income is secondary. The fund invests at least 80% of assets in hard-asset securities. It may invest up to 20% of net assets in derivatives and up to 20% of total assets in investment-grade debt securities and asset-backed securities. The fund may invest up to 10% of total assets in securities issued by other investment companies, including open-end and closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds It is nondiversified. |
| Last Dividend
(29-Jun-99):
| 0.05 | | Last Cap Gain
(31-Dec-07):
| 5.78 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 89.00% | | Average for Category:
| 127.12% |
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| Expense | GHAAX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 1.43%
| 1.54% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 0.25%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | 5.75%
| 5.24% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 2.36% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,004 | $657 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,317 | $1,021 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$2,200 | $2,010 |
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