Guinness Atkinson China & Hong Kong  ICHKX
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Overall Morningstar
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.36
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 35.30
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
85.99%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
228
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Guinness Atkinson China & Hong Kong
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk
Index: MSCI EAFE NR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1994-06-30 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 90.52 127.13 15.60 16.26 11.01 9.07
+/- Category 33.67 59.68 7.00 0.92 0.37 ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NR USD 58.04 69.92 20.13 11.41 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 67.97 34.07 15.17 14.71 11.07 8.81
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 75.40 87.84 15.00 15.77 11.01 9.07
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 85.95 14.41 14.96 10.37 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 56.64 12.56 13.29 9.39 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 106 funds), (5 yrs : out of 79 funds), (10 yrs : out of 63 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 20.96
Software 0.90
Hardware 8.75
Media 0.00
Telecommunications 11.32
Service 33.57
Healthcare 0.19
Consumer Services 2.63
Business Services 8.30
Financial Services 22.46
Manufacturing 45.47
Consumer Goods 15.00
Industrial Materials 16.86
Energy 13.34
Utilities 0.27
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 2.7
Stocks 97.3
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 94.3
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 44 Turnover % 27
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 42.81 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
China Mobile Ltd. Hong Kong 5.86
BYD Co. Ltd. China 5.48
CNOOC, Ltd. Hong Kong 5.39
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited China 4.69
PetroChina Company, Ltd. China 4.32
iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 CN Trkr --- Hong Kong 4.27
SOHO China Limited Cayman Islands 3.46
VTech Holdings Ltd. Hong Kong 3.21
Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. Hong Kong 3.10
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. Hong Kong 3.03
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1994-06-30
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Edmund Harriss  (1998-04-29)
Harriss joined Guinness Atkinson in April 2003, prior to which he was employed by Investec from July 1993 to April 2003. Since 1994 Edmund has served as a member of the investment team managing the Guinness Atkinson China & Hong Fund (lead manager since 1998) and has served as lead manager of the Guinness Atkinson Asia Focus Fund since 2003. (Guinness Atkinson Funds were previously Investec Funds.)
Timothy W.N. Guinness  (2003-04-01)
Guinness has served as Guinness Atkinson's chairman and chief investment officer since the firm's founding. From 1999 to November 2002, he was joint chairman of Investec.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-05-01)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.52
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-12-31)
Correspondence Information
21550 Oxnard Street
Suite 750
Woodland Hills,  CA  91367
USA
Telephone:
800-915-6566
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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