TD Precious Metals
Fund Price: $68.00 (as at September 3, 2010) 1-day chg: $1.41 2.12% YTD: 20.35%
Returns as at July 31, 2010
| Fund | Group Avg | Index* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | -4.89% | -3.29% | -3.29% |
| 3 Months | -7.25% | -4.26% | -3.41% |
| 6 Months | 10.94% | 14.92% | 15.08% |
| 1 Year | 27.26% | 37.97% | 34.06% |
| 2 Year Avg | 9.88% | 11.83% | 11.79% |
| 3 Year Avg | 4.85% | 3.17% | 3.72% |
| 4 Year Avg | 7.45% | 6.87% | 6.39% |
| 5 Year Avg | 17.58% | 17.68% | 16.07% |
| 10 Year Avg | 18.66% | 21.38% | 17.76% |
| 15 Year Avg | 10.80% | 10.76% | 8.00% |
| 20 Year Avg | - | 13.29% | 9.28% |
| Since Inception | 11.88% | - | - |
| 2009 | 61.57% | 71.47% | 60.66% |
| 2008 | -33.40% | -39.10% | -35.79% |
| 2007 | 4.64% | 4.02% | 2.32% |
| 3 year risk | 46.40 | 45.85 | 42.36 |
| 3 year beta | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.00 |
*Globe Precious Metals Peer Index
Growth of $10,000
Risk Measures as at July 31, 2010
Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
| Best (ending Oct 09): | 114.10 |  |  |
| Worst (ending Oct 08): | -58.36 |  | |
Volatility meter (Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com)
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High Fund Objectives
The fundamental investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing directly in gold, silver and platinum situated in Canada, by investing in deposit receipts and certificates evidencing such commodities, and by investing in the securities of Canadian and international issuers engaged in the exploration, mining and production of precious metals and stones.
Fund Facts
| Fund Sponsor: | TD Asset Management Inc. |
| Managed by: | TD Asset Management Inc. |
| Fund Type: | MF Trust |
| Inception Date: | November 1994 |
| Asset Class: | Precious Metals Equity |
| Quartile Rank: | 2 (3YR ending July 31, 2010) |
| Total Assets: | $254.7 million |
| Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): | 2.15% |
| Management Fee: | 1.85% |
| Load Type: | No Load |
- Globe 5-Star Rating:
- RRSP Eligible:
- Canadian
- Min. Invest (initial):
- $100
- Subsequent:
- $100
- Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
- $100
- Subsequent RRSP:
- $100
- Closed:
- No
- Restricted:
- No
- Restriction:
Asset Allocation July 31, 2010
Equity Sector Weightings July 31, 2010
Fund Geography July 31, 2010
Top Holdings as at July 31, 2010
| Symbol | Company Name | Sector | Geographic Area | Asset Type | % of Total Assets | Performance as at September 3, 2010 1 Year Performance (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-T | Goldcorp Inc. | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 12.81 | -2.61 | | | |
| ABX-T | Barrick Gold Corp. | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 5.86 | 7.86 | | | |
| RBI-T | Red Back Mining Inc. | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 5.5 | 148.9 | | | |
| AEM-T | Agnico-Eagle Mines | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 4.48 | -7.31 | | | |
| OSK-T | Osisko Mining | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 4.03 | 72.53 | | | |
| FCX-N | Freeport McMoran | Non-Base Metal Mining | United States | Stock | 3.34 | 21.82 | | | |
| LSG-T | Lake Shore Gold | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 2.91 | 13.13 | | | |
| R-X | Romarco Minerals | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 2.89 | 76.52 | | | |
| YRI-T | Yamana Gold Inc. | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 2.62 | -7.92 | | | |
| SLW-T | Silver Wheaton | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 2.52 | 99.92 | | | |
| - | Newcrest Mining | Precious Metals | Australia | Stock | 2.45 | - | | | |
| SGR-X | San Gold Corporation | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 2.35 | 26.77 | | | |
| AND-T | Andean Resources | Precious Metals | Australia | Stock | 2.24 | 217.27 | | | |
| SMF-T | Semafo Inc. | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 2.24 | 251.75 | | | |
| K-T | Kinross Gold | Precious Metals | Canada | Stock | 2.13 | -24.69 | | | |
Portfolio Manager(s)
Ari Levy, CFA
TD Asset Management Inc.
Start Date: March, 2003
Fund Return: 14.12%
Ari Levy is lead manager of the TD Energy and TD Resource Funds and is co-manager of the TD Precious Metals, TD Canadian Equity Fund and TD Income Trust Capital Yield Funds. He is also co-manager of the TD Private Income Trust Fund and TD Private Income Trust model for TD Waterhouse Private Investment Counsel. His primary research responsibility is coverage of numerous sectors for the Global Energy, Base Metals and Fertilizer Products sectors. Ari has additional responsibilities as the Product Specialist for all Active Equity products managed by TD Asset Management Inc. Ari spent several years as the Global Energy, Industrials and Autos Analyst for Goodman & Co. Investment Counsel and was the co-lead analyst on several of their sector funds before joining TD Asset Management in early 2002. Prior to this, he was senior analyst, Canadian Equities for a major Canadian pension fund. He sits on the Board of Directors of several non-profit organization including a community daycare centre and Rethink Breast Cancer. He is a graduate of the combined Law/MBA program (BCL, LL.B. and MBA) and has a BA (economics) all from McGill University. He is a CFA charterholder and is currently enrolled in the Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) program. He is also a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Also manages:TD Canadian Equity, TD Energy, TD Resource
