Sentry Select Precious Metals Growth Fund / Class

Snapshot

Precious Metals Growth Class
TSX Symbol/Fund Code: NCE503
Inception Date: April 15, 2008
Investment Type: Mutual fund
 
Precious Metals Growth Fund
TSX Symbol/Fund Code: NCE703
Inception Date: December 19, 1997
Investment Type: Mutual fund
 
Portfolio Manager:
Kevin MacLean
Details
Net Asset Value
NAVPU NAV Date
Precious Metals Growth Class $9.11 July 3, 2009
Precious Metals Growth Fund $31.20 July 3, 2009
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Product overview


Sentry Select Precious Metals Growth Fund / Class aims to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of Canadian companies in the precious metals sector. The Fund won the 2007 Canadian Lipper Fund Award* for best risk-adjusted performance (over three years) in its category. The Fund was also the top performer in the precious metals category in 2005 and 2006.**

The Fund focuses on companies engaged in the exploration, mining and production of gold, diamonds, uranium, copper, zinc and other precious metals and minerals in Canada and around the world. The portfolio manager seeks companies with “high wealth creation potential” such as juniors exploring for new deposits, small producers looking to increase production and potential takeover targets.

Investors benefit in several key ways:
• Long-term capital appreciation in a sector with the potential for above-market performance
• A hedge against inflation
• Daily liquidity at the net asset value (NAV)

The Fund meets the needs of investors seeking to enhance portfolio diversification. As an asset class with a low correlation to stocks and bonds, precious metals can provide increased return potential and diversification within a well-balanced portfolio.

*LIPPER and the LIPPER Corporate Marks are proprietary trademarks of Lipper, a Reuters Company. ©2007 REUTERS. All rights reserved. Any copying, republication or redistribution of Lipper Content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Lipper.
**Globefund

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Performance


Precious Metals Growth Fund:

Average Annual Compound Returns (as of May 29, 2009) - Series A
YTD
3 Month
6 Month
1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
10 Year
SI
43.3%
24.5%
77.7%
-5.0%
5.8%
18.7%
14.7%
11.3%

Annual Returns

2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
-37.1%
9.7%
73.8%
35.4%
-11.3%
24.5%
44.4%
23.6%

Precious Metals Growth Class:

Average Annual Compound Returns (as of May 29, 2009) - Series A

YTD
3 Month
6 Month
1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
10 Year
SI
43.3%
23.9%
78.2%
-0.3%
n/a
n/a
n/a
-5.0%

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Distributions


2007
2006
From capital gains
-
1.57
Total distributions 1
-
1.57
Distributions are based on the actual number of units outstanding at the relevant time.

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Portfolio manager

Kevin MacLean, Vice-President and Senior Portfolio Manager

Kevin joined Sentry Select in August 2004; he specializes in precious metals and mining equities.

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Portfolio holdings


Summary of investment portfolio (as of May 31, 2009):

Assets under management: $ 316,792,641 (Precious Metals Growth Fund)

Top 10 holdings
(unaudited)
Name of security

% of net assets

Semafo Inc. 13.57
Goldcorp Inc. 10.77
Kinross Gold Corp. 10.19
Red Back Mining Inc. 9.71
Yamana Gold Inc. 9.57
Jaguar Mining Inc. 6.58
Aurizon Mines Ltd. 5.79
IAMGOLD Corp. 4.53
Alamos Gold Inc. 4.01
Centamin Egypt Ltd. 3.76

Portfolio Allocation by Sector
(unaudited)
Sector

% of net assets

Junior gold and silver mines 61.91
Senior gold and silver mines 35.27
Precious metals exploration 1.77
Cash 1.05
Total net assets

100.00

 Quarterly portfolio disclosure as of March 31, 2009 (Top 25)

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