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Van Eck Emerging Markets Fund Class A: (MF: GBFAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Aug 1, 2025 08:00 PM ET

$15.01 USD

-0.15 (-0.99%)

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Latest Performance as of Jun 30, 2025

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 16.02 66
3 months 13.78 24
6 months 16.02 66
1 Year 7.20 95
3 Year 10.38 78
5 Year 1.10 98
10 Year 1.92 98

* Annual for three years and beyond.

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Strong Sell 5
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Portfolio Statistics

% Unrealized Gain 27.09
% Yield 0.79
% SEC Yield NA
Net Assets (Mil $) 6/30/2025 46.08
% Turnover 6/30/2025 38.00

Risk

3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Beta 0.80 0.71 0.85
Alpha -4.82 -9.74 -8.35
R Squared 0.52 0.46 0.52
Std. Dev. 17.37 17.06 18.37
Sharpe 0.41 -0.02 4.00

Sector / Country Weightings

As of 6/30/2025 % of Portfolio
India 17.96
China 16.39
Taiwan 10.33
Korea, South 5.95
Hong Kong 5.02
United States 4.71
Argentina 4.68
United Kingdom 4.15
Brazil 3.74
Netherlands 3.61

Portfolio Holdings

Top Equity Holdings
(As of 3/31/2025)
% of Portfolio Value (Mil$)
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANU 7.90 29.01
MERCADOLIBRE INC 4.67 17.17
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 4.53 16.64
PROSUS NV 3.61 13.24
KASPI KZ JSC GRD 3.29 12.07
PHOENIX MILLS LTD 3.12 11.44
BANK OF GEORGIA GROUP PLC 2.77 10.16
SK HYNIX INC 2.69 9.86
INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER T 2.60 9.55

Stock Holding % of Net Assets

As Of 3/31/2025
Total Issues NA
Avg. P/E 42.12
Avg. P/Book NA
Avg. EPS Growth NA
Avg. Market Value (Mil $) 68,966

Composition

% of Portfolio
Stocks 97.02
Foreign Stocks 91.93
Cash 1.09
Bonds 0.00
Foreign Bonds 0.00
Preferred 3.36
Convertible 0.00
Other -1.48
Foreign Hedged 0.00

Style Analysis

% of Portfolio
Large Growth 0.75
Large Value 0.00
Small Growth 9.29
Small Value 5.20
Foreign Stock 0.39
Emerging Market 30.73
Precious Metal 0.00
Intermediate Bond 22.64
Foreign Bond 0.00
High Yield Bond 0.00