Top First Eagle Funds

First Eagle Overseas A (SGOVX) seeks long-term growth of capital through investments primarily in equities issued by non-U.S. corporations.

The fund focuses on undervalued securities but can include assets from developing countries. It is widely diversified and has exhibited lower volatility than most other foreign funds.

Shimano Inc., SMC Corp. and Keyence Corp. are among the fund's top holdings. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.15%.

First Eagle Gold A (SGGDX) was incepted in August 1993. The investment seeks long-term capital growth and provides investors the opportunity to participate in the investment characteristics of gold for a portion of their overall investment portfolio.

The fund will invest primarily in securities of companies engaged in mining, processing, dealing in or holding gold or other precious metals such as silver, platinum and palladium, both in the United States and in foreign countries.

Unit holders have to make a minimum initial investment of $2,500 to enter the Zacks#1 Rank ("Strong Buy") fund. The fund distributes dividends and capital gains, if any, annually.

First Eagle U.S. Value A (FEVAX) primarily invests in domestic equity and debt securities in search of long-term growth of capital.

The fund utilizes a highly disciplined, bottom-up, value-oriented approach in achieving its investment objective. It strives to minimize risk by focusing on securities that are considered to be undervalued by the market.

Abhay Deshpande has been lead manager at the fund since September 2007. The fund has topped the total returns of its benchmark index in the last 1-, 3-and 5-year periods.