Commonwealth Africa Fund (CAFRX)

9.32
Net Asset Value
+0.76%
1 Day
-12.73%
Year-to-Date
Overall Morningstar Rating
Miscellaneous region
Style or Category
No Load
Sales Expenses
8.36%
Expense Ratio
--
Morningstar Risk Rating™
Investment Objective The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and current income. Under normal market conditions, the Africa Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of, and depositary receipts (including American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"), and European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs")) represented by, African issuers that are tied economically to Africa. It may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. The fund may also enter into derivative transactions.

Performance

1 month-7.17% 3 years--
3 months-7.45% 5 years--
1 year-3.35% Since inception-2.81%
Data through --

Peer Comparisonvs. Miscellaneous region

 CAFRXCategory
Performance 5-yr return----
Expense ratio8.36%1.93%
Risk 5 year sharpe ratio---0.04
Net assets$1.8M$266.5M
Average market cap$4.9B$19.1B
Average P/E13.413.2
Portfolio turnover----

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Fund Management and Purchase Info

Fund familyCommonwealth Intl Series Tr
Fund manager & tenureRobert Scharar / 1 Years
Minimal initial investment$200.00
Minimum IRA investment$200.00

Holdings

Other100.00%
U.S. stock--
International stock--
Fixed income--
Cash--
Top 5 Sectors
Portfolio weighting
Business service --
Consumer goods --
Consumer service --
Energy --
Financial service --
Top 10 Holdings
Portfolio weighting
EZA iShares MSCI South Africa Index14.91%
AFK Market Vectors Africa Index ETF11.88%
-- Discovery Limited4.05%
-- Orascom Telecom Holding SAE GDR3.97%
-- Grindrod Limited3.95%
-- Capitec Bank Holdings Limited3.72%
MTNOY Mtn Group Limited3.12%
SSL Sasol, Ltd. ADR2.89%
-- Kagiso Media Limited2.48%
-- Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd2.44%

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