Commodities can enhance portfolio diversification and provide access to global growth. Historically, commodities have also acted as a hedge against inflation, outperforming U.S. stocks and bonds. Even in periods of modest inflation (2-6%) commodities have historically outperformed U.S. stocks. These funds offer "pure" commodity exposure by investing in commodity-linked derivative instruments and more conservative fixed income securities, such as short-term U.S. treasuries.

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CM Commodity Index Fund - Class A

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CM Commodity Index Fund - Class A

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NAV

The "Net Asset Value" (NAV) of a Fund is determined at the close of each business day, and represents the dollar value of one share of the fund; it is calculated by taking the total assets of the fund, subtracting total liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding.

$65.16

as of December 26, 2024
YTD RETURNS

3.79%

as of December 26, 2024
Net Assets (All Classes)

$538.80M

as of November 30, 2024
Gross Expense Ratio

Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, trading expenses, dividends and interest payments on securities sold short, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.95% for Class A, 0.65% for Class I, and 0.7% for Class Y of the Fund's average daily net assets per year until May 01, 2025. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

1.32%
Net Expense Ratio

Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, trading expenses, dividends and interest payments on securities sold short, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.95% for Class A, 0.65% for Class I, and 0.7% for Class Y of the Fund's average daily net assets per year until May 01, 2025. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

0.95%
Inception Date

12/31/2010

Fund Description

The CM Commodity Index Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Total Return Index, a diversified commodity index that allocates across maturities with the aim of minimizing exposure to the front end of the futures curves and mitigating the impact of negative roll yield in contango environments.

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Seeks improved roll returns with constant exposure across futures maturities
Diversified across 29 commodities and five sectors
No K-1s – investor-friendly tax reporting

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CM Commodity Index Fund - Class A CMCAX Class I Class Y Class A

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CM Commodity Index Fund - Class A

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CM Commodity Index Fund - Class A

CMCAX

Class I Class Y