Sentry Select Precious Metals Growth Fund aims to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies engaged in the precious metals sector.
The Fund was awarded a 2007, 2008 and 2010 Canadian Lipper Fund Award* as best fund over three years in the precious metals equity category and a 2010 Canadian Lipper Award as best fund over five years in that category. (Lipper Awards are given to funds that deliver consistently strong risk-adjusted returns compared to their peers.)
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Precious Metals Growth Fund:
Average Annual Compound Returns (as of February 28, 2010) - Series A |
| 2.8% | -0.6% | 36.7% | 65.5% | 7.3% | 23.3% | 19.0% | 13.2% |
Annual Returns
|
85.4% | -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 February 28, 2010) - Series A
|
| 2.8% | -0.6% | 36.9% | 64.7% | - | - | - | 13.3% |
Annual Returns
Summary of investment portfolio (as of February 28, 2010):
Assets under management: $ 435,668,180 (Precious Metals Growth Fund)
Top 10 holdings : (unaudited)
| Name of security |
% of net assets |
| Semafo Inc. |
19.06 |
| Red Back Mining Inc. |
13.45 |
| Golden Star Resources Ltd. |
10.13 |
| Alamos Gold Inc. |
6.80 |
| Yamana Gold Inc. |
6.02 |
| Jaguar Mining Inc. |
4.97 |
| IAMGOLD Corp. |
4.18 |
| Allied Nevada Gold Corp. |
4.09 |
| Osisko Mining Corp. |
4.03 |
| Aurizon Mines Ltd. |
3.60 |
| % in Top 10 |
76.33 |
Portfolio Allocation by Sector (unaudited)
| Sector |
% of net assets |
| Junior gold and silver mines |
52.75 |
| Intermediate gold and silver mines |
34.07 |
| Senior gold and silver mines |
7.03 |
| Precious metals exploration companies |
5.01 |
| Mining and resources |
0.18 |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
0.96 |
| Total net assets |
100.00 |
Quarterly portfolio disclosure as of December 31, 2009 (Top 25)