VanEck Emerging Markets Fund Class A (GBFAX)

Fund Assets	365.07M
Expense Ratio	1.59%
Min. Investment	$1,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.12
Dividend Yield	0.79%
Dividend Growth	-22.26%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 18, 2024

Previous Close	14.60
YTD Return	9.00%
1-Year Return	0.85%
5-Year Return	7.51%
52-Week Low	12.10
52-Week High	15.09
Beta (5Y)	1.03
Holdings	86
Inception Date	Dec 17, 1993

About GBFAX

Under normal conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of companies that are organized in, maintain at least 50% of their assets in, or derive at least 50% of their revenues from, emerging market countries. The Adviser has broad discretion to identify countries that the fund's manager considers to qualify as emerging markets.

• Fund Family: Van Eck Funds
• Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: GBFAX
• Share Class: Class A
• Index: MSCI Emerging Markets IMI NR USD

Performance

GBFAX had a total return of 0.85% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.66%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
EMRZX	Class Z	0.92%
EMRIX	Class I	1.02%
EMRYX	Class Y	1.12%

Top 10 Holdings

35.23% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	2330	7.22%
Reliance Industries Limited	RELIANCE	4.61%
MercadoLibre, Inc.	MELI	4.08%
Prosus N.V.	PRX	3.54%
The Phoenix Mills Limited	PHOENIXLTD	3.09%
Lion Finance Group PLC	BGEO	2.94%
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz	KSPI	2.73%
SK hynix Inc.	000660	2.45%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Participating Preferred	005935.KQ	2.30%
KE Holdings Inc.	BEKE	2.26%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 18, 2024	$0.1222	Dec 18, 2024
Dec 20, 2023	$0.1572	Dec 20, 2023
Dec 21, 2022	$0.4713	Dec 21, 2022
Dec 22, 2020	$0.0313	Dec 22, 2020
Dec 23, 2019	$0.282	Dec 23, 2019
Dec 21, 2018	$0.004	Dec 21, 2018