Virtus AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund Class A (GAFAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
10.49
-0.01 (-0.10%)
May 23, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
1.94%
Fund Assets 275.64M
Expense Ratio 1.54%
Min. Investment $2,500
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.50
Dividend Yield 4.49%
Dividend Growth n/a
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 10.50
YTD Return -0.10%
1-Year Return 1.94%
5-Year Return 20.30%
52-Week Low 9.83
52-Week High 10.90
Beta (5Y) 0.27
Holdings 1193
Inception Date Sep 30, 2008

About GAFAX

The Virtus AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund Class A (GAFAX) seeks to achieve long and short exposure to global equity, bond, currency and commodity markets through a range of derivative instruments.

Category Multistrategy
Performance Rating Below Average
Risk Rating Above Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol GAFAX
Share Class Class A
Index Barclay Fund of Funds Index

Performance

GAFAX had a total return of 1.94% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.78%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
GAFNX Class R6 1.24%
GAFYX Class I 1.29%
GAFCX Class C 2.29%

Top 10 Holdings

75.34% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund DGCXX 20.01%
United States Treasury Bills 4.24166% B.0 05.22.25 9.36%
Usd/Chf Fwd 20250618 0642 n/a 7.97%
Chf/Usd Fwd 20250618 0642 n/a 7.01%
United States Treasury Bills 4.16124% B.0 05.08.25 5.63%
Usd/Nzd Fwd 20250618 0642 n/a 5.54%
Nok/Usd Fwd 20250618 0642 n/a 5.23%
Nzd/Usd Fwd 20250618 0642 n/a 5.03%
Us Dollar n/a 4.87%
United States Treasury Bills 4.23119% B.0 05.20.25 4.68%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 20, 2023 $0.49766 Dec 20, 2023
Apr 10, 2023 $0.0182 Apr 11, 2023
Dec 29, 2022 $0.9269 Dec 30, 2022
Dec 30, 2020 $0.243 Dec 31, 2020
Dec 30, 2019 $0.0996 Dec 30, 2019
Dec 28, 2018 $0.1013 Dec 31, 2018
Full Dividend History