UNWPX Fund - US Global Investors World Precious Minerals Fund Overview - MarketWatch

52 Week Range 5.79 - 9.59
YTD -0.94%
5 Year -40.40%
Total Net Assets $126.7M
Yield 0.34%
Net Expense Ratio 1.96%
Turnover % 136.00%
52 Week Avg Return -14.23

YTD Lipper Ranking:Quintile 5 (96th percentile)

3 Total Returns
1 Consistent Return
1 Preservation
1 Tax Efficiency
1 Expense

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Category	Precious Metals Eq
Portfolio Style	Precious Metals Eq
Fund Family	US Global Investors
Fund Status	Open
Fund Inception	November 29, 1985
Managers	Holmes Aldis

The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital plus protection against inflation and monetary instability. The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equities of companies principally engaged in the exploration for, mining and processing of precious minerals such as gold, silver, platinum, and diamonds.

Front load	n/a
Deferred load	n/a
Max. redemption fee	0.05%
Total expense ratio	1.96%
12 b-1	0.25%
Turnover	136.00%

Alpha	0.03
Beta	0.23
Standard deviation	11.32
R. squared	0.00

Standard (taxable)	$5,000
IRA	$0

	Fund Return	Category¹	Index (S&P 500)	% rank in category	Quintile rank
YTD	-0.94%	4.52%	10.65%	96%	5
1yr	-14.23%	-12.52%	20.96%	76%	4
3yr²	-1.13%	-4.37%	10.08%	12%	1
5yr²	-9.83%	-11.30%	14.99%	27%	2
10yr²	-6.09%	-3.29%	7.10%	90%	5

¹Precious Metals Equity
²3, 5 and 10 Year Returns are Annualized

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Company	Symbol	Total Net Assets
Klondex Mines Ltd.	KLDX	15.80%
Barsele Minerals Corp.	HEG	4.80%
Pretium Resources Inc.	PVG	4.12%
TriStar Gold Inc.	7TG	3.44%
Cardinal Resources Ltd ORD	CDV	3.37%
Orex Minerals Inc.	ORS	3.09%
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 3X Shares	JNUG	2.79%
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 3x Shares	NUGT	2.50%
Fiore Exploration Ltd.	MB2	1.81%
Roxgold Inc.	WF8B	1.73%

View more holdings As of 09/30/2016

Income dividend	0.02
Dividend frequency	Annually
Capital gain (2016)	n/a
Capital gain (YTD)	n/a

Date	Income Distribution	Capital Gains Distribution
YTD	-	-
2016	$0.02	-
2015	$0.36	-
2014	-	-
2013	-	-
2012	-	-
2011	$2.02	-
2010	$2.98	-
2009	$0.67	-
2008	-	$2.05
2007	$3.21	$3.34

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