Merk Hard Currency Inv
Three Canal Plaza Portland, ME 04112
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Phone: 866-637-5386
| Category: | Currency | | Fund Family: | Merk Funds | | Net Assets: | 240.50M | | Year-to-Date Return: | -11.61% | | Yield: | 7.73% | | Morningstar Rating: | N/A | | Fund Inception Date: | 10-May-05 |
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Axel Merk
Lead Manager since
10-May-05 | | | 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. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $2,500 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $1,000 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $1,000 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $100 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $100 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $100 |
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| The investment seeks to protect against the depreciation of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies. The fund invests at least 80% of assets in "hard currency” denominated investments. "Hard currencies” refers to currencies in which investors have confidence, such as those of economically and politically stable countries. It normally invests in a basket of hard currency denominated investments composed of high quality, short-term money market instruments of countries pursuing "sound” monetary policy and indirectly in gold. Sound monetary policy is defined as providing an environment fostering long-term price stability. The fund is nondiversified. |
| Last Dividend
(27-Jun-08):
| 0.15 | | Last Cap Gain
(12-Dec-07):
| 0.03 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 51.00% | | Average for Category:
| N/A |
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| Expense | MERKX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 1.30%
| 1.69% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 0.25%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 3.60% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 0.94% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$412 | $1,242 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$713 | $2,102 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,568 | $4,002 |
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