SPARX Japan Investor
360 Madison Avenue 22nd Floor New York NY 10017
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Phone: 800-632-1320
| Category: | Japan Stock | | Fund Family: | SPARX | | Net Assets: | 15.91M | | Year-to-Date Return: | -33.17% | | Yield: | 0.00% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 31-Oct-03 |
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Shuhei Abe
Lead Manager since
31-Oct-03 | | | Abe began SPARX Group in 1989 with the establishment of SPARX Japan. He founded SPARX USA in 1994 and has been a portfolio manager of the fund since its inception. Abe began his career as an analyst for Nomura Research Institute (Japan), where he worked until 1982. From 1982 to 1985, he worked in Japanese equity sales for Nomura Securities International (New York). In 1985, he formed Abe Capital Research where he managed Japanese equity investments for U.S. and European investors. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $3,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $0 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $1,000 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $250 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $0 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $250 |
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| The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund normally invests at least 80% of net assets in equity securities of Japanese companies. It invests in companies regardless of market capitalization. The fund invests primarily in securities denominated in Japanese yen. It currently intends to engage in currency hedging transactions to seek to minimize the effect of fluctuations in relative values between the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar. |
| Last Dividend
(9-Dec-05):
| 0.55 | | Last Cap Gain
(9-Dec-05):
| 0.17 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 111.00% | | Average for Category:
| 187.98% |
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| Expense | SPXJX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 1.45%
| 1.61% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 0.00%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 5.25% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 2.46% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$486 | $762 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$868 | $1,217 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,941 | $2,413 |
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