Merk Accolades & Recognition

Merk is proud to be recognized for excellence by peers, clients and industry experts.

Adding a managed currency component to an investment portfolio may generate positive excess returns, lower a portfolio's standard deviation and thereby enhance risk adjusted returns. Diversifying into the currency asset class may also help protect against downside risks.

Morningstar Analyst Report calls the Merk Hard Currency Fund a great choice for foreign-currency exposure May 8, 2012

AdvisorOne features the Merk Hard Currency Fund as one of their Top 5 Alternative Funds January 26, 2012

SmartMoney features the Merk Hard Currency Fund on their list of the Top 100 Mutual Funds January 16, 2012

Barron's magazine says the Merk Hard Currency Fund may be an attractive alternative to investors August 29, 2011

Morningstar focuses on the Merk Hard Currency Fund as a way to seek protection against market volatility August 12, 2011

WSJ profiles the Merk Hard Currency Fund in "Bold Investors Make Bullish Bets on Euro" July 21, 2011

American Association of Individual Investors features the Merk Hard Currency Fund in their list of “Top Funds Over 5 Years” March 3, 2011

MarketWatch outlines currency investing and highlights Merk Investments as a specialist in the asset class June 24, 2010

Kiplinger Magazine's "2009 Best List" features "currency maven" Axel Merk's Hard Currency Fund November 19, 2009

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Feb. 2008 issue discusses the Merk Hard Currency Fund in "5 Ways to Bet on a Sinking Dollar" February, 2008

Bloomberg surveys top 2007 funds that benefited from the property and subprime losses December 27, 2007

Information contained herein may discuss Fund performance and holdings. Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. For performance current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.merkfunds.com/fund. Through 03/31/13,the Merk Currency Enhanced U.S. Equity Fund Investor Shares had a 1-year return of +11.09%, and a return of +21.00% since inception on 09/12/2011; the Merk Absolute Return Currency Fund Investor Shares had a 1-year return of -2.03%, a 3-year return of -1.20%, and a return of -1.66% since inception on 09/09/2009; the Merk Asian Currency Fund Investor Shares had a 1-year return of +0.11%, a 3-year return of +0.51%, and a return of -0.36% since inception on 04/01/2008; the Merk Hard Currency Fund Investor Shares had a 1-year return of -0.15%, a 3-year return of +2.40%, a 5-year return of +1.39% and a return of +4.72% since inception on 5/10/2005. All performance figures greater than 1-year are annualized unless otherwise specified. The Investor Share expense ratio of each Fund is 1.30%.

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