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USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund

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Morningstar 3 / 5 Stars
Lipper 2 2 1 2 3
Zacks Investment Research 5 (Strong Sell)
Standard & Poor's 3 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com E- (Sell)

Risk

Volatility Measurements

Updated 04.30.2013

Standard Deviation	28.36
Mean	-1.1
Sharpe Ratio	-0.47
Bear Market Decile Rank	16

Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics

Updated 04.30.2013

	Standard Index MSCI World NR USD	Best Fit Index NYSE Arca Gold Miners PR USD
R-Squared	5.35	95.51
Beta	0.39	0.97
Alpha	-17.36	-0.93

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