Virtus Global Commodities Stock Fund Class A (VGCAX)

8.92
Net Asset Value
-0.78%
1 Day
-5.31%
Year-to-Date
Overall Morningstar Rating
Natural resources
Style or Category
5.75
Sales Expenses
1.88%
Expense Ratio
--
Morningstar Risk Rating™
Investment Objective The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund offers investors exposure to commodities-related investments in markets located throughout the world, including emerging market countries. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests globally at least 80% of its assets in stocks of companies principally engaged in the base metals, precious metals, energy, and agriculture group of industries. Under normal circumstances, it will hold at least 40% of its assets in non-U.S. issuers and ETFs and/or commodities-linked notes providing exposure to non-U.S. markets. The fund is non-diversified.

Performance

1 month+2.88% 3 years--
3 months-5.61% 5 years--
1 year+6.23% Since inception-4.18%
Data through --

Peer Comparisonvs. Natural resources

 VGCAXCategory
Performance 5-yr return---1.54%
Expense ratio1.88%1.53%
Risk 5 year sharpe ratio--0.03
Net assets$25.5M$774.2M
Average market cap$9.6B$15.0B
Average P/E16.614.9
Portfolio turnover96%96%

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Fund Management and Purchase Info

Fund familyVirtus
Fund manager & tenureDonald Coxe / 2 Years
Minimal initial investment$2,500.00
Minimum IRA investment$100.00

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
VLO Valero Energy Corporation6.37%
DGL PowerShares DB Gold5.27%
KUB Kubota Corporation ADR5.17%
MON Monsanto Company4.82%
LNN Lindsay Corp3.88%
CLR Continental Resources Inc3.73%
-- Franco-Nevada Corp3.50%
GEOS Geospace Technologies Corp3.45%
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd ADR2.90%
-- Seadrill Ltd2.87%

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