SEC Company Response from SPIRIT OF AMERICA INVESTMENT FUND INC (CIK 0001039667) — Apr 23, 2020
SPIRIT OF AMERICA INVESTMENT FUND INC (CIK 0001039667)
Date: April 23, 2020 · CIK: 0001039667 · Accession: 0001398344-20-008347
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File numbers found in text: 333-27925, 811-08231
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Phone:
(212) 885-5205
Email:
mmmurphy@blankrome.com
April 23, 2020
FILED VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE
Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549-4720
Attn: Ms. Samantha Brutlag
Re: Spirit of America Real Estate Income and Growth Fund (“Real Estate Fund”), Spirit of America Large Cap Value Fund
(“Value Fund”), Spirit of America Municipal Tax Free Bond Fund (“Municipal Tax Free Bond Fund”), Spirit
of America Income Fund (“Income Fund”) and Spirit of America Income & Opportunity Fund (“Opportunity Fund”),
each a series of the Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
File Numbers: 333-27925 and 811-08231
Dear Ms. Brutlag:
On behalf of the Real Estate Fund, the Value
Fund, the Municipal Tax Free Bond Fund, the Income Fund and the Opportunity Fund (each a “Fund” and together the “Funds”),
each a series of the Spirit of America Investment Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) this letter is an update to our letter
filed on April 22, 2020 (the “Original Response Letter”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
in response to the comments received on April 14, 2020 from the Staff of the Commission regarding the Company’s Post-Effective
Amendment No. 63 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 28, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”)
under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the “1933 Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“1940 Act”).
The Expense Example provided for each of the
Income Fund and the Opportunity Fund in response to Comment #3 of the Original Response Letter is updated as follows:
Income Fund
Example: This Example is intended
to help you compare the cost of investing in the Income Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Income Fund for the time periods indicated and that you sell your shares at the end of those periods.
The example also assumes that each year your investment has a 5% return and Fund operating expenses remain the same. Although your
actual costs and returns might be different, your approximate costs of investing $10,000 in the Income Fund would be:
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class A Shares
$583
$817
$1,070
$1,793
Class C Shares – no redemption
$189
$591
$1,018
$2,209
Class C Shares – with redemption
$289
$591
$1,018
$2,209
Institutional Shares
$ 88
$281
$ 490
$1,093
Opportunity Fund
Example: This Example is intended
to help you compare the cost of investing in the Opportunity Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example
assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Opportunity Fund for the time periods indicated and that you sell your shares at the end
of those periods. The example also assumes that each year your investment has a 5% return and Fund operating expenses remain the
same. Although your actual costs and returns might be different, your approximate costs of investing $10,000 in the Opportunity
Fund would be:
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class A Shares
$597
$890
$1,204
$2,093
Class C Shares – no redemption
$204
$666
$1,154
$2,500
Class C Shares – with redemption
$304
$666
$1,154
$2,500
Institutional Shares
$103
$358
$ 633
$1,417
Should you have any additional
questions or comments regarding this letter or the Original Response Letter, please contact me at (212) 885-5205.
Sincerely,
/s/ Margaret M. Murphy
Margaret M. Murphy
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