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| Fund profile |
Objective
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Portfolio manager(s)
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| The Fund seeks to achieve high current income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective. |
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Anthony A. Lombardi (2005)
Babak (Bob) Zenouzi (2006)
D. Tysen Nutt Jr. (2005)
Damon J. Andres (2001)
Edward A. Gray (2008)
Kevin P. Loome (2007)
Kristen E. Bartholdson (2008)
Nashira S. Wynn (2006)
Nikhil G. Lalvani (2006)
Robert A. Vogel, Jr. (2005)
Roger A. Early (2008)
Thomas H. Chow (2007)
Todd A. Bassion (2005)
Delaware Management Company
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Main investment strategies
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The Fund seeks to achieve its objectives by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 50 percent of its total assets in income-generating equity securities, including dividend-paying common stocks, convertible securities, preferred stocks, and other equity-related securities of U.S. and foreign issuers. Up to 50 percent of the Fund's total assets may be invested in non-convertible debt securities consisting primarily of government and high-yield, high-risk corporate bonds of U.S. and foreign issuers. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 50 percent of its total assets in securities of U.S. issuers and at least 40 percent of its assets (including leveraged assets) in securities of non-U.S. issuers, unless market conditions are not deemed favorable by the Manager, in which case the Fund would invest at least 30% of its assets (including leveraged assets) in securities of non-U.S. issuers. The Fund may not, however, invest more than 50% of its total assets in the securities of any developed or emerging markets foreign country. In addition, the Fund utilizes leveraging techniques in an attempt to obtain a higher return for the Fund. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.
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| Fund information as of 10/31/09 |
| Trading exchange |
New York Stock Exchange |
| Ticker symbol |
DGF |
| SEC yield |
4.22% |
| YTD distributions declared |
$0.63 |
| Expense ratio |
1.01% |
| Turnover ratio |
60.0% |
| Total net assets |
$33,514,937 |
| Inception date |
03/04/94 |
| Historic pricing |
| NAV date |
NAV |
Market price |
Premium/ Discount |
| 11/22/09 |
$7.01 |
$6.70 |
-4.42% |
| 11/21/09 |
$7.01 |
$6.70 |
-4.42% |
| 11/20/09 |
$7.01 |
$6.70 |
-4.42% |
| 11/19/09 |
$7.05 |
$6.68 |
-5.25% |
| 11/18/09 |
$7.14 |
$6.74 |
-5.6% |
| 11/17/09 |
$7.14 |
$6.69 |
-6.3% |
| 11/16/09 |
$7.17 |
$6.50 |
-9.34% |
Funds that invest in REITs are subject to many of the same risks associated with direct real estate ownership and, as such, may be adversely affected by declines in real estate values, and general and local economic conditions. If the Fund invests in real estate investment trusts that hold fixed rate obligations, we would expect the value of those trusts to decrease if interest rates rise and increase if interest rates decline.
Investing in emerging markets can be riskier than investing in well-established foreign markets.
High-yielding, non-investment grade bonds (junk bonds) involve higher risk than investment grade bonds. Adverse conditions may affect the issuer's ability to pay interest and principal on these securities.
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Performance results reflect past performance and are no guarantee of future results. Current yields may be higher or lower than performance quoted. The market value and net asset value (NAV) of a fund's shares will fluctuate with market conditions. Closed-end funds may trade at a premium to NAV but often trade at a discount.
Investment return, price, yields and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. At the time of sale, your shares may have a market price that is above or below net asset value, and may be worth more or less than your original investment. There is no assurance that a fund will meet its investment objective.
Some funds may utilize leveraging to seek to enhance the yield and net asset value of its common stock, through bank borrowings, issuance of short-term debt securities or shares of preferred stock, or a combination thereof. However, these objectives cannot be achieved in all interest rate environments. While leverage may result in a higher yield for the fund, the use of leverage involves risk, including the potential for higher volatility of the NAV, fluctuations of dividends and other distributions paid by the fund and the market price of the fund's common stock, among others. Certain funds may invest assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States, including issuers from emerging markets. Foreign investing involves special risks, including foreign currency risk and the possibility of substantial volatility due to adverse political, economic or other developments.
Some Delaware Investments funds make distributions of ordinary income and capital gains at calendar year end. Those distributions temporarily cause extraordinarily high yields. There is no assurance that a fund will repeat that yield in the future. Subsequent monthly distributions that do not include ordinary income or capital gains in the form of dividends will likely be lower.
Note that all dividend and yield data is based on the current month's distributions.
Net asset value (NAV) is total assets less total liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding.
Premium/Discount is the amount by which the market price trades above or below the NAV.
Yield on stock price is calculated by dividing the most recent rate at which the Fund distributed dividend and interest income by the Fund's current stock price and annualizing the results.
A rise/fall in the interest rates can have a significant impact on bond prices and the NAV (net asset value) of the fund. Funds that invest in bonds can lose their value as interest rates rise and an investor can lose principal.
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