Van Kampen American Franchise A
Van Kampen American Franchise Fund 1221 Avenue of the Americas
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Phone: 800-847-2424
| Category: | Large Value | | Fund Family: | Van Kampen | | Net Assets: | 191.67M | | Year-to-Date Return: | -24.02% | | Yield: | 3.53% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 23-Jun-05 |
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Hassan Elmasry
Lead Manager since
23-Jun-05 | | | Hassan Elmasry is a member of the Global Franchise team. He contributes 17 years of international equity experience. Mr. Elmasry joined Morgan Stanley in 1995 as a senior international equity portfolio manager, and in 1999, became a member of the London Equity Research Cooperative and a senior manager of the European Growth strategy. Mr. Elmasry earned a bachelors degree in economics and a masters of business administration from the University of Chicago. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $1,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $500 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $50 |
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| The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund primarily invests in equity securities of U.S. issuers that have resilient business franchises and growth potential. It may purchase and sell certain derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts and currency-related transactions for various portfolio management purposes including to facilitate portfolio management and to mitigate risks. The fund is nondiversified. |
| Last Dividend
(13-Dec-07):
| 0.31 | | Last Cap Gain
(13-Dec-07):
| 0.58 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 39.00% | | Average for Category:
| 60.91% |
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| Expense | VAFAX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 1.19%
| 1.28% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 0.25%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | 5.75%
| 5.42% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 2.66% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$931 | $591 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,192 | $885 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,935 | $1,741 |
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