Goldman Sachs BRIC A Load Waived  GBRAX.LW
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Overall Morningstar
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Diversified Emerging Mkts 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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   Growth
  
  
As of 2009-09-30
Day Change
$ -0.04
  
NAV (2009-11-20)
$ 14.23
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-20)
98.47%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
605
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Goldman Sachs BRIC A Load Waived
(from 2006-06-30 to 2009-10-31) Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
Index: MSCI EAFE NDTR_D
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-20
Inception date: 2006-06-30 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-20
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 98.47 155.02 8.60 --- --- 10.09
+/- Category 41.92 104.82 0.78 --- --- ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NDTR_D 68.86 102.34 13.35 --- --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 80.20 20.07 9.11 --- --- 9.85
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 82.98 77.54 7.39 --- --- 10.09
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 77.54 6.79 --- --- ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 50.40 6.08 --- --- ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 5 funds), (5 yrs : out of funds), (10 yrs : out of 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 10.47
Software 1.46
Hardware 1.05
Media 0.00
Telecommunications 7.96
Service 37.72
Healthcare 0.90
Consumer Services 2.85
Business Services 3.07
Financial Services 30.91
Manufacturing 51.81
Consumer Goods 9.63
Industrial Materials 19.67
Energy 20.30
Utilities 2.21
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 1.1
Stocks 97.2
Bonds 0.0
Other 1.7
Foreign Stocks 97.2
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 102 Turnover % 14
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 36.53 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce ADR Brazil 5.34
Gazprom OAO (EDR) Russia 5.26
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Brazil 4.73
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR Brazil 4.21
China Construction Bank Corporation China 3.05
China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. China 3.03
Banco Bradesco SA ADR Spain 2.94
Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Limited China 2.92
China Mobile Ltd. China 2.88
CNOOC, Ltd. China 2.17
Data through 2009-09-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 2006-06-30
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Richard Flax  (2006-06-30)
Flax joined GSAM's Global Emerging Markets Equity team in 2001. Prior to that he worked at Fleming Investment Management as an emerging market debt analyst. Flax holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Maria Gordon  (2007-08-07)
Gordon joined GSAM as a research analyst for the emerging markets equities team in September 1998. She was named a portfolio manager in November 2001 and became the Co-Head of Global Emerging Markets Equities Strategy in March 2003. Gordon holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-02-27)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.90
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-08-31)
Correspondence Information
180 Maiden Ln Fl 37

New York,  NY  100384925
Telephone:
800-526-7384
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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