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About the Global Resources Fund

The Global Resources Fund takes a multi-faceted approach to the natural resources sector by investing in energy and basic materials. The fund invests in companies involved in the exploration, production and processing of petroleum, natural gas, coal, alternative energies, chemicals, mining, iron and steel, and paper and forest products, and can invest in any part of the world.

Fund Objective

The Global Resources Fund seeks long-term growth of capital while providing protection against inflation and monetary instability.

Fund Strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Global Resources Fund normally invests at least 80 percent of its net assets in the common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, rights and warrants, and depository receipts of companies involved in the natural resources industries. The fund may invest without limitation in any of the various natural resources industries.

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The funds benchmark had been the Morgan Stanley Commodity Related Index (CRX). Because Morgan Stanley discontinued the CRX on July 4, 2014, the funds benchmark is now a blend of the CRX and the S&P Global Natural Resources Index (Net Total Return), using the performance of the CRX through June 30, 2014, and the performance of the S&P Global Natural Resources Index (Net Total Return) after June 30, 2014. As each month passes, a month of the CRX performance will roll off and a month of the S&P Global Natural Resources Index (Net Total Return) will be added until the funds performance eventually will be compared exclusively to the S&P Global Natural Resources Index (Net Total Return) for determining the funds monthly performance fee adjustment.

The S&P Global Natural Resources Index includes 90 of the largest publicly-traded companies in natural resources and commodities businesses that meet specific investability requirements, offering investors diversified, liquid and investable equity exposure across 3 primary commodity-related sectors: Agribusiness, Energy, and Metals & Mining.

The Morgan Stanley Commodity Related Index (CRX) is an equal-dollar weighted index of 20 stocks involved in commodity related industries such as energy, non-ferrous metals, agriculture, and forest products. The index was developed with a base value of 200 as of March 15, 1996.