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Fund Price: $39.54 (as at September 3, 2010)  1-day chg: $.28382 0.72%  YTD: 14.99%

Returns as at July 31, 2010

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month -3.53% -3.29% -3.29%
3 Months -4.91% -4.26% -3.41%
6 Months 7.80% 14.92% 15.08%
1 Year 26.35% 37.97% 34.06%
2 Year Avg 2.63% 11.83% 11.79%
3 Year Avg -3.44% 3.17% 3.72%
4 Year Avg 2.63% 6.87% 6.39%
5 Year Avg 13.23% 17.68% 16.07%
10 Year Avg 16.00% 21.38% 17.76%
15 Year Avg - 10.76% 8.00%
20 Year Avg - 13.29% 9.28%
Since Inception 11.00% - -
 
2009 64.78% 71.47% 60.66%
2008 -46.48% -39.10% -35.79%
2007 5.63% 4.02% 2.32%
 
3 year risk 44.85 45.85 42.36
3 year beta 1.04 1.04 1.00

*Globe Precious Metals Peer Index

Growth of $10,000

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value compared with the Globe Precious Metals Peer Index.

Risk Measures as at July 31, 2010

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Nov 09): 108.46 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending Oct 08): -64.08 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Volatility meter (Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com)
Low VOLATILITY METER: 36 High

Fund Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation. This Fund invests solely in units of a mutual fund known as the MAXXUM Precious Metals Fund. The MAXXUM Precious Metals Fund invests primarily in precious metals and minerals and equity or other securities of companies engaged in the precious metals or precious mineral business.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: London Life Insurance Co.
Managed by: Mackenzie Financial Corporation
Fund Type: Seg
Inception Date: July 1998
Asset Class: Precious Metals Equity
Quartile Rank: 4 (3YR ending July 31, 2010)
Total Assets: $157.8 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 3.37%
Management Fee: 3.00%
Load Type: Back End
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
$300
Subsequent:
$100
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
$300
Subsequent RRSP:
$100
Closed:
No
Restricted:
No
Restriction:
 
 

Asset Allocation June 30, 2010

Equity Sector Weightings June 30, 2010

Fund Geography June 30, 2010

Top Holdings as at June 30, 2010

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area
Asset
Type
% of
Total Assets
  Performance as at September 3, 2010
1 Year Performance (%)
GOLD-Q Randgold Resources Precious Metals United Kingdom Stock 7.9   35.49 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
AEM-T Agnico-Eagle Mines Precious Metals Canada Stock 6.96   -7.31 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
SLW-T Silver Wheaton Precious Metals Canada Stock 6.69   99.92 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
ABX-T Barrick Gold Corp. Precious Metals Canada Stock 5.68   7.86 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
G-T Goldcorp Inc. Precious Metals Canada Stock 3.65   -2.61 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
CG-T Centerra Gold Precious Metals Canada Stock 3.45   118.52 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
GFI-N Gold Fields Precious Metals South Africa Stock 3.35   6.7 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
- Impala Platinum Holdings Integrated Mines South Africa Stock 3.24   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
PAA-T Pan American Silver Precious Metals Canada Stock 3.15   12.39 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)

Portfolio Manager(s)

Fred Sturm, CFA

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Start Date: July, 1998

Fund Return: 9.57%

Fred has been a member of Mackenzie's Investment team since 1981 and is now an Executive vice President & Chief Investment Strategist.

Also manages:Canada Life Cdn Res (M) Gens I, IG MK Global Precious Metals Cl-A, MSP 2009 Resource Ltd Partnership, Mackenzie Growth, Mackenzie Univ Canadian Resource, Mackenzie Univ Gold Bullion Cl A, Mackenzie Univ Wld Prec Metal Class, Mackenzie Univ Wld Resource Class

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Benoit Gervais

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Start Date: January, 2007

Fund Return: -1.05%

Benoit joined Mackenzie in 2001 as an investment analyst and is now a Lead Portfolio Manager. He has completed a Master in Mineral Economics at Colorado School of Mines and also holds a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill.

Also manages:Canada Life Cdn Res (M) Gens I, IG MK Global Precious Metals Cl-A, MSP 2009 Resource Ltd Partnership, Mackenzie Univ Canadian Resource, Mackenzie Univ Gold Bullion Cl A, Mackenzie Univ Wld Prec Metal Class

View fund manager performance report