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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading First Eagle Fund of America
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

First Eagle Fund of America (“Fund of America”) seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in domestic stocks and, to a lesser extent, in debt and foreign equity securities.

Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund of America
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

The following information describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of Fund of America.


You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you, together with certain related accounts, invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in Fund of America. Information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the How to Purchase Shares and Public Offering Price of Class A Shares sections on pages 74 and 80, respectively.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover Rate
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

Fund of America pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund of America operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, Fund of America’s portfolio turnover rate was 31.48% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 31.48%
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you, together with certain related accounts, invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in Fund of America.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount $ 25,000
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees Acquired fund fees and expenses are fees and expenses associated with Fund of America's investments in other investment companies. Since they are incurred only indirectly by Fund of America, such fees and expenses are not considered ordinary operating expenses of Fund of America so that total annual operating expenses shown here will differ from the Fund's financial reports.
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Fund of America with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This hypothetical example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then either redeem or do not redeem all shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes the average annual return is 5% and operating expenses remain the same. Please keep in mind your actual costs may be higher or lower.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption Sold
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption Held
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

To achieve its objective of capital appreciation, Fund of America will primarily invest in domestic stocks and, to a lesser extent, debt and foreign equity instruments. Normally, at least 80% of the Fund assets are invested in domestic equity and debt instruments. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities and warrants. The Fund may also invest in options, repurchase agreements, and derivatives.


Derivatives include investing in options, futures and swaps and related products. Specifically, the Fund may enter into interest rate, credit default, currency, equity, fixed income and index swaps and the purchase or sale of related caps, floors and collars.


In addition, the Fund may enter into options on securities and on stock indices to limit the Fund’s investment risk and augment its investment return. Further, the Fund may write “covered” call options on equity or debt securities and on stock indices in seeking to enhance investment return or to hedge against declines in the prices of portfolio securities or may write put options to hedge against increases in the prices of securities which it intends to purchase. The Fund also may write call options on broadly based stock and bond market indices if at the time of writing it holds a portfolio of stocks or bonds listed on such index. Finally, the Fund may utilize futures contracts and options on futures on securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter market.


The Fund may enter into certain types of repurchase agreements, primarily as a cash management strategy.


Normally, at least 80% of the Fund’s assets will be invested in domestic equity and debt instruments. The Fund “counts” derivative positions on these instruments for purposes of this 80% allocation, and in doing so, values each position at the price at which it is held on the Fund’s books.


The investment philosophy and strategy of Fund of America can be broadly characterized as a bottom-up, event-driven approach to choose stocks that it believes are undervalued and should perform well. In a bottom-up approach, companies and securities are researched and chosen individually. In an event-driven approach, one looks for companies that appear to be undervalued in relation to their potential value in light of positive corporate changes. Signals of corporate change can be management changes, large share repurchases, potential acquisitions or mergers. If changes are successful, these companies should realize a rise in the stock price. Fund of America invests in the securities of companies that it believes are undervalued relative to their overall financial and managerial strength. Investment decisions for the Fund are made without regard to the capitalization (size) of the companies in which it invests. The Fund may invest in any size company, including large, medium and smaller companies. The Fund may invest in debt securities generally without regard to their credit rating or time to maturity. However, the Fund has no current intention of investing more than 5% of its net assets in high yield bonds.

Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Investment Risks
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

As with any mutual fund investment, you may lose money by investing in Fund of America. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.


Principal risks of investing in Fund of America, which could adversely affect its net asset value and total return, are:


  • Market Risk — The value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings may fluctuate in response to events specific to the companies or markets in which Fund of America invests, as well as economic, political, or social events in the United States or abroad.

  • Event-Driven Style Risk — The event-driven investment style carries the additional risk that the event anticipated occurs later than expected, does not occur at all, or does not have the desired effect on the market price of the securities.

  • Diversification Risk — The Fund is a non-diversified mutual fund, and as a result, an investment in Fund of America may expose your money to greater risks than if you invest in a diversified fund. Fund of America will invest in a limited number of companies and industries, therefore gains or losses in a particular security may have a greater impact on their share price.

  • Credit Risk — Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a bond or other instrument will not be able to make payments of interest and principal when due. Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer. The Fund may invest in debt instruments that are below investment grade, i.e., junk bonds, which are considered speculative, and carry a higher risk of default. In addition, fluctuations in interest rates can affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund. An increase in interest rates tends to reduce the market value of debt instruments, while a decline in interest rates tends to increase their values. Longer-duration instruments tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes than those with shorter durations.

  • Small and Medium-Size Company Risk — The Fund may invest in small and medium-size companies, the securities of which can be more volatile in price than those of larger companies.

  • Repurchase Agreements Risk — The Fund may enter into certain types of repurchase agreements, primarily as a cash management strategy. If the seller fails to repurchase the security and the market value declines, Fund of America may lose money.

  • Options Risk — The Fund may engage in various options transactions in which Fund of America seeks to limit investment risk or increase investment returns by purchasing the right to buy or sell, or by selling the obligation to buy or sell, a security at a set price in the future. The Fund pays a premium when buying options and receives a premium when selling options. When trading options, the Fund may incur losses or forego otherwise realizable gains if market prices do not move as expected.

  • Foreign Investment Risk — The Fund may invest in foreign investments. Foreign investments are susceptible to less politically, economically and socially stable environments, foreign currency and exchange rate changes, and adverse changes to government regulations.

  • Gold Risk — The Fund does not invest in gold, but may invest in Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) that hold gold or track the price of gold. The Fund is therefore susceptible to specific political and other risks affecting the price of gold and other precious metals.


For more information on the risks of investing in Fund of America, please see the More Information about the Funds’ Investments section.

Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney As with any mutual fund investment, you may lose money by investing in Fund of America.
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus The Fund is a non-diversified mutual fund, and as a result, an investment in Fund of America may expose your money to greater risks than if you invest in a diversified fund. Fund of America will invest in a limited number of companies and industries, therefore gains or losses in a particular security may have a greater impact on their share price.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Investment Results
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The following information provides an indication of the risks of investing in Fund of America by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year, and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. As with all mutual funds, past performance is not an indication of future performance (before or after taxes).


After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rate for each year, and do not reflect the effect of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors in tax-deferred accounts, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.


Updated performance information is available at www.firsteaglefunds.com/funds/fundofamerica.php or by calling 800.334.2143.


The following bar chart assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect any sales charges. If sales charges were included, the returns would be lower.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The following information provides an indication of the risks of investing in Fund of America by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 800.334.2143
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress www.firsteaglefunds.com/funds/fundofamerica.php
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture As with all mutual funds, past performance is not an indication of future performance (before or after taxes).
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Calendar Year Total Returns - Class Y
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text] rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads The following bar chart assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect any sales charges. If sales charges were included, the returns would be lower.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

 

 

 

Best Quarter

Second Quarter 2009

 

 

13.03

%

 

 

Worst Quarter

Fourth Quarter 2008

 

 

-20.71

%

 

 

Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2009
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 13.03%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (20.71%)
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rate for each year, and do not reflect the effect of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred After-tax returns are not relevant to investors in tax-deferred accounts, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown The following table discloses after-tax returns only for Class Y shares. After-tax returns for Class C and Class A shares will vary.
Performance Table Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock

The following table discloses after-tax returns only for Class Y shares. After-tax returns for Class C and Class A shares will vary. No information is shown for Class I shares, because they are newly organized.

Caption rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2012
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 16.00%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.66%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 7.10%
Class Y
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on Purchases (as a percentage of public offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none [1]
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none [1]
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00% [1],[2]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.19% [1]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01% [1],[3]
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.45% [1]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 148
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 459
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 792
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,735
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 148
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 459
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 792
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 1,735
Annual Return 2003 rr_AnnualReturn2003 22.21%
Annual Return 2004 rr_AnnualReturn2004 15.91%
Annual Return 2005 rr_AnnualReturn2005 6.56%
Annual Return 2006 rr_AnnualReturn2006 15.79%
Annual Return 2007 rr_AnnualReturn2007 12.42%
Annual Return 2008 rr_AnnualReturn2008 (30.74%)
Annual Return 2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 26.13%
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 21.33%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (1.01%)
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 21.16%
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 21.16%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.92%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.59%
Class Y | After Taxes on Distributions
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 21.15%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.38%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 8.56%
Class Y | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 13.76%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.03%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 8.15%
Class C
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on Purchases (as a percentage of public offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther 1.00%
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00% [2]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.19%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01% [3]
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.20%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 323
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 688
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,180
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,534
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 223
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 688
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,180
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 2,534
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 19.23%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.13%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 8.78%
Class A
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on Purchases (as a percentage of public offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.00%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00% [2]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.19%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01% [3]
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.45%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 640
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 936
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,253
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,148
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 640
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 936
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,253
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 2,148
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 15.10%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 3.86%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.02%
Class I
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on Purchases (as a percentage of public offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of your purchase or redemption price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00% [2]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.19% [4]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01% [3],[4]
Total Annual Operating Expenses (%) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.20%
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates The percentages shown above are based on anticipated expenses of Class I for the first fiscal year. However, the rate at which expenses are accrued during the fiscal year may not be constant and, at any particular point, may be greater or less than the stated average percentage.
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesBasedOnEstimates The percentages shown above are based on anticipated expenses of Class I for the first fiscal year. However, the rate at which expenses are accrued during the fiscal year may not be constant and, at any particular point, may be greater or less than the stated average percentage.
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 122
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 381
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 660
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,455
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 122
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 381
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 660
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 1,455
Performance One Year or Less [Text] rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess No information is shown for Class I shares, because they are newly organized.
[1] Closed to new investors.
[2] The Fund of America pays the Adviser a fee at the annual rate of the average daily value of its net assets as follows, effective March 2013: 1.00% on the first $1.5 billion in assets, 0.95% on the next $1 billion, 0.90% on the next $2.5 billion in assets, and 0.85% on assets in excess of $5 billion.
[3] Acquired fund fees and expenses are fees and expenses associated with Fund of America's investments in other investment companies. Since they are incurred only indirectly by Fund of America, such fees and expenses are not considered ordinary operating expenses of Fund of America so that total annual operating expenses shown here will differ from the Fund's financial reports.
[4] The percentages shown above are based on anticipated expenses of Class I for the first fiscal year. However, the rate at which expenses are accrued during the fiscal year may not be constant and, at any particular point, may be greater or less than the stated average percentage.