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One World Market, Many Central Banks: How Will Your Investment Be Impacted?
Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer John Derrick, CFA, Director of Research
Brian Hicks, CFA, Portfolio Manager Ralph Aldis, CFA, Portfolio Manager
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Performance and Results Oriented Investment leadership results in performance
Winner of 29 Lipper performance awards, certificates and top rankings since 2000
(4 of the U.S. Global Investors Funds received Lipper performance awards from 2005 to 2008. 6 of the U.S. Global Investors Funds received certificates from 2000 to 2007, and 2 of the U.S. Global Investors Funds received top rankings from 2009 to 2010. During
the years mentioned, there were 13 U.S. Global Investors Funds, while currently the fund family consists of 9 funds.)
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Focus on Education — 54 Awards
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MFEA STAR Awards for Excellence in Education
Mutual Fund Award
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Frank Holmes
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7 Billion People — Tipping Point Centuries to Decades to a Decade for a Billion People
1970
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Facebook Use Around the World 1.2 Billion People Connected Without Passports!
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See Disclosures page for any holdings in funds mentioned.
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Every American Born Will Need…
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November 22, 2013
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Did You Know?
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India has
600 million people under the age of 25
That’s 2 times the entire population
of the U.S.
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Government Policy Model — Precursor for Change
President Barack Obama Janet Yellen, Chairman of the Federal Reserve
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Emerging World Holds 49% of the Global Population, Just 24% of GDP
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E7 vs G7 Money Supply Three Years Ago
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2011
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Compare E7 vs G7 Money Supply Growth Emerging World’s Money Supply is Robust
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2014
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The Keqiang Index — Sideways
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September 27, 2013
Premier Li Keqiang
Keqiang Index Sectors Include:
Bank Loans
Rail Freight
Electricity Output
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G7 Countries Printing Money
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Follow Global Money Money Supply Down from Peak in 2011 and Gold Peaked at $1900
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Follow The Money – Emerging Market Money Supply Down, Commodity Demand Down
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Asia Export Growth in U.S. Dollar Terms
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Asia Down Since 2011 Peak
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U.S. Money Supply
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“Follow the Money” Presidential Election Cycle
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Government Policy Is a Precursor to Change March 2009
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Follow the Money Equities Continue to Outperform
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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Amazing Correlation – Fed’s Money Assets Rise with S&P 500
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S&P 500 Index Analysis — Buybacks and Dividends Help Drive Performance
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.
January 11, 2013 April 5, 2013
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Formation of Capital Model is Changing Options vs. Stock Grants
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Russell 2000 Index Down from July High
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Opportunity for Mean Reversion
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Interest Rates Have Fallen While Government Prints Money
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Yield
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Central Bank
• The Fed has bought a net U.S. $1.5 trillion of securities since the beginning of 2013, compared with a net U.S. $2.16 trillion of securities
purchased in the four years of quantitative easing that preceded it
• The Fed has so far this year reduced its monthly asset purchases by U.S.
$60 billion to U.S. $25 billion per month (Treasury bonds from U.S. $45 billion in December to U.S. $15 billion in August and agency MBS from
U.S. $40 billion to U.S. $10 billion)
• The 10-year Treasury bond yield has fallen by 42 basis points so far this
year to 2.61%, down from a recent high of 3.03% reached at end 2013
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Modest Rise in Interest Rates Expected Over Next 10 Years
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Central Bank
• The Fed’s and the BoE’s total assets have risen from 6% of GDP in 2007 to 25.9% and 24.6% at present, while the ECB’s and the Bank of Japan’s assets have risen from 13% to 20% of GDP in 2007 to 20.8% and 57.4%
• ECB’s assets have been declining since peaking at 33% of GDP in late June 2012
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Europe in Search of Growth with Negative Interest Rate
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U.S. Yield Curve
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Major Price Reversal Up - Shanghai Composite Index Rising
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A Short-Term Headwind for Commodity Demand
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Despite a Slight Pullback, China’s PMI Maintains Growth
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August 26, 2013 April 2, 2013 March 5, 2013
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Global Trade
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European Manufacturing PMIs Headwinds with France’s Socialistic Fiscal Plan Dragging down PMI
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Lower Gas Pump Prices Spur Consumer Spending
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U.S. ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) is Strong
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Global Trend is Your Friend — PMI and Commodities Relationship in Uptrend
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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Global Trend is Your Friend — PMI and Commodities Relationship in Downtrend
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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China: Average New Home Price Growth in Four Tier-1 Cities
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New policy to ignite real estate Sep. 30
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Improving PPI Inflation and Nominal GDP Growth
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India: Domestic Mutual Funds Net Equity Investment
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Opportunity in India: Investment as Percent of GDP
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India: Real GDP and Investment Growth
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India: Domestic Car Sales and Truck Sales
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Modi
Frank
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Healthy U.S. Bank Loan Growth
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U.S. Dollar Index Good for Inflation, Headwind for Commodities
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U.S. Average Hourly Earnings Growth Stable
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North America is Strong U.S. and Mexico
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Global Interest Rates Are Low
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Eurozone CPI Inflation an Opportunity
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Spanish Nationals Moving to Germany
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What’s Happening with Gold?
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Managing Expectations — Gold Seasonality
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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Inverse Relationship Between Real Interest Rates and Gold
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Real Rates
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Inverse Pattern of Gold vs. 5-Year Treasury Yield is Profound
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March 13, 2014
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Brian Hicks
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Insights On
Resources
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Opportunity: Inverse Relationship Between Oil and the Dollar
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PSPFX Top 50 vs. SPX
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Opportunity: Inverse Relationship Between Energy Stocks and the Dollar
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See Disclosures page for any holdings in funds mentioned.
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Global Oil Demand and Global PMIs Are Highly Correlated
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2015 U.S. Tight Oil Production by Incentive Prices
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Producer Country Budget Breakeven Prices
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Long Term Demand for Oil Remains Strong
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Cleaner, Greener China August 7, 2013
See Disclosures page for any holdings in funds mentioned.
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OPEC’s Spare Capacity Is Below 5 Percent of Global Production
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U.S. Crude Oil Production at a 25-Year High
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U.S. Oilfield Cash Flow and Capex Expenditure
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North American Natural Gas: A Global Bargain
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Gas Replacing Coal in Power Generation
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But Cheap Feed Stocks and Global Economic Recovery Fuel U.S. Chemical Industry
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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Railroad Stocks Continue to Outperform the Broader Market
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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Government Policies in China Focus on Alternative Energy
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Peking University students placed face masks over iconic statues throughout the campus in response
to recent “Airpocalypse” in Beijing.
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Growth of Solar Energy in China and Japan
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Trend
Wowism! Chinese Solar: From 3% of the Global Market to 30% in Three Years
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Chinese Aluminum Demand Picks Up
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Increasing Palladium Requirements for Cars in China
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Value Drivers for Superior Performance
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Global Resources Fund (PSPFX) Top 10 Holdings
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2014 Asset Class Returns
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Industrial Metal Prices and the U.S. Dollar
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Chinese Crude Stainless Steel Production – Positive for Nickel
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Nickel Market Balance With Price Forecasts
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China Consumer Durable Sales vs. Galvanized Steel Production – Bullish for Zinc
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Ralph Aldis
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Insights On
Gold
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Ah, the Power of Mean Reversion
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History of Gold and Gold Stocks During Fed Funds Rate Cycle
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Managing Expectations — Gold Oversold in the Year-over-Year Rolling Oscillator
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June 20, 2014
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Oscillator Gold vs. Dollar Suggests Opportunity
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Oscillator Gold Stocks vs. Dollar Suggests Opportunity
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Strong Contrast
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Gold Stock Opportunities Gold Price to Cash Flow Multiples Recover Sentiment Swings from 24x to 5x
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Resource Stocks Underperform the Underlying Commodities
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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Recent Dollar Strength Appears to Be Driven by Speculative Positioning
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Great Shift in Gold Ownership
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April 25, 2014
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Global Central Banks Hold Gold as Diversifier
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Why Central Banks Hold Gold Despite the Cost of the Dollar
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Gold, as a form of money, is unique as no one else's liability. "It has never required the credit guarantee of a third party." –Alan Greenspan
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Is China Still in a Destocking Stage for Gold?
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Understanding China’s Real Physical Gold Demand
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Managing Expectations: Gold Mining Companies Have More Verbs and Adjectives than Nouns
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Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
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The Five M’s for Gold Miners
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• Management
• Mine Lifecycle
• Market Cap
• Money (Burn Rate)
• Minerals Weight of Truck: 423 tons Load Capacity: 240 tons
Frank Holmes, Mauritania
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Value Drivers for Superior Performance
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Picking Gold Names – A Look at Our Investment Process
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Case Study: A Look at Klondex Mines
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Gold Stocks from Discovery to Production
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Klondex Closely Follows Normal Life Cycle of a Mine
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The Undervaluation of Klondex Mines Creates Opportunity
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Opportunity to Position for Rate Increases
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Take a Look at the “No Drama” Fund
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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13 Years of Positive Annual Total Returns
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. See performance page for complete fund performance information.
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5 Stars for Three-Year Period
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Morningstar ratings based on risk-adjusted
Return and number of funds
Category: Municipal National Short-Term Funds
Through: 08/31/2014
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NEARX Seeks to Preserve Your Capital
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Past performance does not guarantee future results. See performance page for complete fund performance information.
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Disclosures
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Disclosures Please consider carefully a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. For this and other important information, obtain a fund prospectus by visiting www.usfunds.com or by calling 1-800-US-FUNDS (1-800-873-8637). Read it carefully before investing. Distributed by U.S. Global Brokerage, Inc.
All opinions expressed and data provided are subject to change without notice. Some of these opinions may not be appropriate to every investor.
Bond funds are subject to interest-rate risk; their value declines as interest rates rise. Tax-exempt income is federal income tax free. A portion of this income may be subject to state and local income taxes, and if applicable, may subject certain investors to the Alternative Minimum Tax as well. The Near-Term Tax Free Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in securities that pay taxable interest. Income or fund distributions attributable to capital gains are usually subject to both state and federal income taxes. The Near-Term Tax Free Fund may be exposed to risks related to a concentration of investments in a particular state or geographic area. These investments present risks resulting from changes in economic conditions of the region or issuer.
Foreign and emerging market investing involves special risks such as currency fluctuation and less public disclosure, as well as economic and political risk. Because the Global Resources Fund concentrates its investments in specific industries, the fund may be subject to greater risks and fluctuations than a portfolio representing a broader range of industries.
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Disclosures Gold, precious metals, and precious minerals funds may be susceptible to adverse economic, political or regulatory developments due to concentrating in a single theme. The prices of gold, precious metals, and precious minerals are subject to substantial price fluctuations over short periods of time and may be affected by unpredicted international monetary and political policies. We suggest investing no more than 5% to 10% of your portfolio in these sectors.
Although Lipper makes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained herein, the accuracy is not guaranteed by Lipper. Users acknowledge that they have not relied upon any warranty, condition, guarantee, or representation made by Lipper. Any use of the data for analyzing, managing, or trading financial instruments is at the user's own risk. This is not an offer to buy or sell securities.
Morningstar Ratings are based on risk-adjusted return. The Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted-average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating™ based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund’s monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.)
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Disclosures The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is one of the most widely recognized price measures for tracking the price of a market basket of goods and services purchased by individuals. The weights of components are based on consumer spending patterns. The ISM manufacturing composite index is a diffusion index calculated from five of the eight sub-components of a monthly survey of purchasing managers at roughly 300 manufacturing firms from 21 industries in all 50 states. The J.P. Morgan Global Purchasing Manager’s Index is an indicator of the economic health of the global manufacturing sector. The PMI index is based on five major indicators: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries and the employment environment.
The NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index comprised of publicly traded companies involved primarily in the mining for gold and silver. The index benchmark value was 500.0 at the close of trading on December 20, 2002. The Russell 2000 Index is a U.S. equity index measuring the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000. The Russell 3000 Index consists of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies as determined by total market capitalization. The Shanghai Composite Index (SSE) is an index of all stocks that trade on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The S&P 500 Stock Index is a widely recognized capitalization-weighted index of 500 common stock prices in U.S. companies. The S&P 500 Energy Index is a capitalization-weighted index that tracks the companies in the energy sector as a subset of the S&P 500. The S&P 500 Materials Index is a capitalization-weighted index that tracks the companies in the material sector as a subset of the S&P 500. The S&P 1500 Energy Index is an unmanaged market capitalization index that tracks the companies in the energy sector as a subset of the S&P 1500.
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Disclosures The S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index is a constrained market capitalization-weighted index that consists of Canadian energy sector companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index is an international benchmark tracking the world's leading gold companies with the intent to provide an investable representative index of publicly-traded international gold companies. S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals and Mining Index is an index of companies engaged in diversified production or extraction of metals and minerals.
The U.S. Trade Weighted Dollar Index provides a general indication of the international value of the U.S. dollar.
Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread apart the data, the higher the
deviation. Standard deviation is also known as historical volatility.
M1 Money Supply includes funds that are readily accessible for spending. M2 Money Supply is a broad measure of money supply that
includes M1 in addition to all time-related deposits, savings deposits, and non-institutional money-market funds. M3 money supply is the broadest monetary aggregate, including physical currency, demand accounts, savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, deposits of eurodollars and repurchase agreements.
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Disclosures Fund portfolios are actively managed, and holdings may change daily. Holdings are reported as of the most recent quarter-end. Holdings in the funds mentioned as a percentage of net assets as of 6/30/2014:
Africa Oilfield Logistics Ltd (PSPFX 2.27%); Alamos Gold (UNWPX 0.06%); Anadarko Petroleum Corp (PSPFX 2.66%); Argonaut Gold 0.00%; AuRico Gold (USERX 1.76%, UNWPX 0.38%); B2Gold Corp. 0.00%; Chevron Corp 0.00%; Comstock Mining Inc. (USERX 3.57%, UNWPX 2.12%); Detour Gold (USERX 4.94%, UNWPX 1.85%); Devon Energy Corp. (PSPFX 2.72%); Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (PSPFX 0.49%, USERX 5.15%, UNWPX 3.16%); Enric 0.00%; EOG Resources Inc. 0.00%; ETFS Platinum Trust (USERX 2.98%, UNWPX 0.35%); ExxonMobile 0.00%; Facebook 0.00%; Franco-Nevada Corp (PSPFX 2.21%, USERX 2.45%, UNWPX 1.16%); Goldcorp (USERX 0.07%, UNWPX 0.07%); Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV (PSPFX 2.93%); Halliburton Co. 0.00%; Kinross Gold Corp. (USERX 0.14%, UNWPX 0.05%); Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. (USERX 0.51%, UNWPX 0.25%); Klondex Mines Ltd. (PSPFX 1.34%, UNWPX 6.60%); MAG Silver Corp. (UNWPX 2.69%); Mandalay Resources Corp. (PSPFX 0.99%, USERX 1.88%, UNWPX 1.44%); Newmont Mining Corp. (PSPFX 0.01%, USERX 0.12%, UNWPX 0.11%); NGEx Resources Inc. (PSPFX 0.79%, UNWPX 2.94%); Northern Star Resources Ltd. (USERX 2.50%, UNWPX 0.24%); Occidental Petroleum Corp. 0.00%; Pretium Resources Inc. (UNWPX 3.07%); Primero Mining (USERX 0.14%, UNWPX 0.34%); Roxgold Inc. (UNWPX 1.19%); Royal Gold Inc. (PSPFX 2.18%, USERX 3.14%, UNWPX 0.91%); Suncor Energy Inc. (PSPFX 2.01%); Teranga Gold Corp. (USERX 2.06%, UNWPX 0.84%); Valero Energy Corp. 0.00%; Virginia Mines Inc. (UNWPX 5.48%)
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