SmartMoney features the Merk Hard Currency Fund on their list of the Top 100 Mutual Funds
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SmartMoney's "Top 100 Mutual Funds" features the Merk Hard Currency Fund (MERKX). SmartMoney writes, 'for the past five years, these funds have excelled ... The challenge for investors, of course, is to find the managers who are most likely to do the same going forward -- a challenge that led us to our annual best-funds list...'
...Portfolio manager Axel Merk favors hard assets such as gold and currencies such as the New Zealand and Australian dollars, which he believes will benefit from higher commodity prices…"