| 9.17 Net Asset Value | -4.18% 1 Day | -38.74% Year-to-Date | Overall Morningstar Rating |
| Equity precious metals Style or Category | No Load Sales Expenses | 2.09% Expense Ratio | Above Average Morningstar Risk Rating™ |
| 1 month | -0.76% | 3 years | -18.42% | |
| 3 months | -30.32% | 5 years | -7.77% | |
| 1 year | -30.52% | Since inception | +9.13% |
| IIGCX | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | -7.77% | -3.46% |
| Expense ratio | 2.09% | 1.44% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.12 | 0.05 |
| Net assets | $815.7M | $693.6M |
| Average market cap | $4.5B | $3.9B |
| Average P/E | 21.8 | 11.7 |
| Portfolio turnover | 30% | 30% |
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| Fund family | Van Eck |
| Fund manager & tenure | Joseph Foster / 16 Years |
| Minimal initial investment | $1,000.00 |
| Minimum IRA investment | $0.00 |
| Other | 100.00% |
| U.S. stock | -- |
| International stock | -- |
| Fixed income | -- |
| Cash | -- |

| Industrial materials | 100.00% |
| Business service | 0.00% |
| Consumer goods | 0.00% |
| Consumer service | 0.00% |
| Energy | 0.00% |
| GOLD Randgold Resources Ltd ADR | 7.31% |
| -- New Gold, Inc. | 6.50% |
| -- Osisko Mining Corporation | 6.09% |
| -- Goldcorp, Inc. | 5.48% |
| -- Silver Wheaton Corporation | 4.93% |
| RGLD Royal Gold, Inc. | 4.45% |
| -- Eldorado Gold Corp | 4.19% |
| -- Iamgold Corp | 3.82% |
| -- Newcrest Mining Limited | 3.64% |
| -- Eldorado Gold Corp | 3.60% |