Sentry Select Dividend Fund

Snapshot

Dividend Fund
TSX Symbol/Fund Code: NCE723
Inception Date: January 20, 2006
Investment Type: Mutual Fund
 
Portfolio Manager:
Gordon Higgins
Details
Net Asset Value
NAVPU NAV Date
Dividend Fund $8.90 August 27, 2008
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Product overview


Sentry Select Dividend Fund aims to generate tax-efficient income, as well as capital appreciation over the long term, by investing primarily in dividend-paying North American equities, convertible securities and preferred shares. The Fund also seeks to provide lower volatility through broad diversification across a variety of sectors of the economy.

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Portfolio managers

Gordon Higgins, Vice-President, Equities

Gordon leads the Equity Management Team, which is responsible for equity selections and risk management techniques for a number of closed-end trust and open-end mutual fund portfolios. Gordon has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 15 years as a portfolio manager specializing in North American equities. His experience includes the lead management of a $2.3 billion fund. He joined Sentry Select in 2004.

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Performance


Average Annual Compound Returns (as of July 31, 2008) - Series A
YTD
3 Month
6 Month
1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
SI
-6.4%
-0.8%
-2.4%
-7.0%
n/a
n/a
-1.4%

Annual Returns

2007
2006
-2.3%
5.5%

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Distributions


Current monthly distributions of $0.03
2007
20061
From dividends

0.06

0.03

Return of capital

0.30
0.27
Total distributions2

0.36
0.30
Results are for the period from January 20, 2006 to December 31, 2006.
2 Distributions are based on the actual number of units outstanding at the relevant time.

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Portfolio holdings


Summary of investment portfolio (as of June 30, 2008):

Assets under management: $3,250,139 

Top 25 holdings (unaudited)
Security

% of net assets

BCE Inc.

10.32

Rothmans Inc.

4.91

Emera Inc.

4.82

TransAlta Corp.

4.53

Bank of Nova Scotia

4.45

TransCanada Corp.

4.25

Manitoba Telecom Services

4.18

CIBC

3.45

Telus Corp.

3.32

EnCana Corp.

3.16

Fording Canadian Coal Trust

3.00

TransCanada Pipelines Pfd 1 Ser Y

2.98

Norbord Inc.

2.92

Talisman Energy Inc.

2.78

Saputo Inc.

2.51

Barrick Gold Corp.

2.29

Great-West Lifeco Inc.

2.24

Dundee Corp.

2.10

Westcoast Energy Inc. 1st Pfd Ser 7 5.5%

2.08

TMX Group Inc.

2.07

Bank of Montreal

1.83

Methanex Corp.

1.77

Manulife Financial Corp. Pfd Class A Ser 2

1.54

George Weston Ltd.

1.48

Sun Life Financial Inc. Prd Class A Ser 4

1.21

Portfolio Allocation by Sector (unaudited)
Sector

% of net assets

Telecommunication service

17.82

Preferreds

17.60

Financial

14.04

Energy

10.18

Utilities

9.35

Consumer staples

7.42

Industrial

4.69

Resource

3.00

Gold and precious metals

2.29

Cash

13.61

Total net assets

100.00

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