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U.S. WORLD GOLD FUND VS. THE COMPETITION
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(LINEAR GRAPH PLOTTED FROM DATA IN TABLE BELOW)
BENHAM LEXINGTON SCUDDER US WORLD GOLD
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2/28/91 10000 10000 10000 10000
3/29/91 9801.671 9854.166 9809.524 9934.783
4/30/91 9572.025 9812.5 9452.381 9728.261
5/31/91 9874.739 10125 9809.524 10163.04
6/28/91 10323.59 10666.67 10583.33 10913.04
7/31/91 10240.08 10583.33 10369.05 10945.65
8/30/91 9582.464 9500 9285.715 9858.696
9/30/91 9572.025 9729.166 9345.238 10010.87
10/31/91 10073.07 10270.83 9940.477 11021.74
11/29/91 10219.21 10458.33 10107.14 11086.96
12/31/91 9812.108 9835.526 9880.637 10608.7
1/31/92 9885.178 9835.526 10083.5 10869.57
2/28/92 9603.34 9436.22 9677.773 10717.39
3/31/92 9102.297 9141.995 8806.655 9967.392
4/30/92 8632.568 8973.867 8424.794 9021.74
5/29/92 9185.804 9478.253 9093.05 9750
6/30/92 9592.902 9583.333 9677.773 10315.22
7/31/92 10073.07 9583.333 10250.56 10913.04
8/31/92 9592.902 9205.044 9999.969 10652.17
9/30/92 9592.902 8910.818 9904.504 10652.17
10/30/92 9300.626 8259.32 9486.843 10217.39
11/30/92 8726.513 7670.87 8520.259 9413.044
12/31/92 8924.844 7818.442 9025.524 10108.7
1/29/93 8810.021 7733.918 8750.575 9630.435
2/26/93 9394.572 8304.453 9694.967 10413.04
3/31/93 10240.08 9593.439 10986.04 11619.57
4/30/93 11200.42 10819.03 12456.42 13315.22
5/31/93 12359.08 12657.42 13867.03 15108.7
6/30/93 12672.23 12889.86 14751.65 15858.7
7/30/93 13757.83 14199.98 15887.31 18847.83
8/31/93 12766.18 12276.85 14656.02 17358.7
9/30/93 11644.74 11239.67 12815.05 15184.78
10/29/93 12977.38 12615.52 15002.69 17684.78
11/30/93 12871.62 12679.02 15014.65 17358.7
12/31/93 14221.81 14617.48 16356.29 19184.78
1/31/94 14765.11 14405.63 16392.18 19847.83
2/28/94 14253.76 13473.5 15566.59 18815.22
3/31/94 14690.54 13579.43 15877.69 18847.83
4/29/94 13795.68 12901.51 14035.06 17336.96
5/31/94 14285.72 13346.39 14896.55 18163.04
6/30/94 13465.44 13007.44 14082.92 16989.13
7/29/94 13433.48 13494.69 13939.34 17010.87
8/31/94 13827.64 14384.45 14776.9 17793.48
9/30/94 14877.48 15826.21 16523.8 18858.7
10/31/94 14134.16 15020.05 14908.51 18076.09
11/30/94 12703 13216.8 12946.24 15576.09
12/30/94 13171.11 13552.96 13616.96 15934.78
1/31/95 11596.42 11404.06 11994.46 14257.44
2/28/95 11810.13 11787.03 12763.64 14562.41
3/31/95 13126.12 12680.63 14698.62 16239.76
4/28/95 13666.01 12957.23 14494.31 16686.32
5/31/95 13902.21 12723.19 14938.99 16653.65
6/30/95 14475.85 12850.84 14951.01 17220.02
7/31/95 14745.79 13489.13 15047.16 17971.56
8/31/95 14667.06 13552.96 15203.4 18461.69
9/29/95 14568.91 13658.92 15359.64 18450.8
10/31/95 13688.05 12444.32 13280.44 16555.62
11/30/95 14464.6 13019.66 14758.71 17971.56
12/29/95 14906.36 13296.67 14877.01 18472.58
1/31/96 18203.09 15619.32 17498.83 21456.95
2/29/96 19741.56 16130.73 17823.55 22034.22
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Investment Objective:
LONG-TERM GROWTH OF CAPITAL AND PROTECTION AGAINST INFLATION AND MONETARY
INSTABILITY
Fund Focus:
GOLD STOCKS WITH GROWTH POTENTIAL
Initial Investment:
$1,000 OR $100 INITIALLY WITH SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY INVESTMENTS OF $30 OR MORE
WITH OUR ABC INVESTMENT PLAN
Portfolio Manager:
VICTOR FLORES, CFA, GEOLOGIST, MINERAL ECONOMIST
AVERAGE ANNUAL
TOTAL RETURNS
AS OF FEBRUARY 29, 1996
1 year 51.31%
3 years 28.38%
5 years 17.12%
10 years 9.21%
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