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Investment Objective

To provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of companies throughout the world involved directly or indirectly in the exploration, mining and production of precious metals (gold, silver and platinum) and in bullion, coins, receipts and certificates.

 

Performance Analysis as of April 30, 2013


Growth of $10,000
Growth of $10,000 - Series A - $27,129
 
  Series:  A
$27,129
Calendar Returns %
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 YTD*
 
Series: A
Calendar Returns % - Series A
 
65.2 -17.3 25.3 52.4 9.0 -26.2 65.7 75.1 -28.1 -12.4 -29.3 Fund
1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd Quartile
1Mth 3Mth 6Mth 1Yr 3Yr 5Yr 10Yr Since
Inception 		Trailing Return %
-16.9 -25.3 -37.0 -33.4 -11.3 0.1 12.0 11.0 Fund
1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st - Quartile

Portfolio Analysis

Asset Mix
Category % Assets
 
 Cash 2.7
 
 Fixed Income 0.0
 
 Canadian Equity 84.6
 
 US Equity 0.3
 
 International Equity 12.4
 
 Other 0.0
Equity Style
Statistics %
P/B Ratio 1.2
P/E Ratio 12.4
Avg. Mkt Cap. $Bil 1.7
Top Ten Holdings % Assets
Yamana Gold Inc 7.3
Goldcorp, Inc. 6.0
Randgold Resources Ltd ADR 5.8
Franco-Nevada Corp 5.0
New Gold, Inc. 4.7
B2Gold Corp 4.4
Eldorado Gold Corp 4.4
Silver Wheaton Corporation 4.0
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 3.9
Rio Alto Mining Ltd 3.7
Total % of Top Ten Holdings 49.2
Total Number of Stock Holdings 132
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0
Total Number of Other Holdings 1
Total Number of Holdings 133
Global Equity Sectors % Equity
Materials 98.1
Other 1.9
Top Geographic Allocations % Assets
Canada 87.3
United Kingdom 7.1
Latin America 4.7
Australia 0.6
United States 0.3

Source: Data is provided by Morningstar Canada, updated monthly on the 10th business day.

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Fund Info & Commentaries

 
 

Fund Details

Series: A
Fund Code: RBF468
Load Structure: No Load
Currency: CAD

 
Inception Date: Nov, 1988
Series A NAV $: 28.18
Series A MER %: 2.13
Benchmark:
  • S&P/TSX Global Gold Index

 
Income Distribution: Annually
Capital Gains Distribution: Annually

 
Sales Status: Open
Minimum Investment $: 500
Subsequent Investment $: 25

 
 
 

Notes

Fund's investment objective and name changed July 4, 2006.

 
 

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