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Fund Price: $19.20 (as at November 20, 2009)  1-day chg: $-.0082 -0.04%  YTD: 65.31%

Returns as at October 31, 2009

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month -1.83% -0.81% -0.81%
3 Months 14.37% 11.52% 10.77%
6 Months 33.59% 30.91% 29.94%
1 Year 103.57% 107.28% 104.19%
2 Year Avg -12.59% -9.28% -7.85%
3 Year Avg -0.22% 0.79% 1.04%
5 Year Avg 12.12% 11.58% 10.33%
10 Year Avg 14.88% 16.49% 13.67%
15 Year Avg - 10.13% 7.19%
20 Year Avg - 11.73% 8.36%
Since Inception 4.23% - -
 
2008 -41.96% -39.10% -35.79%
2007 6.59% 4.02% 2.32%
2006 58.16% 53.09% 44.01%
 
3 year risk 43.45 45.10 41.04
3 year beta 1.04 1.06 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 October 31, 2009

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Apr 06): 105.48 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending Oct 08): -62.47 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 objective of the Fund is to provide long-term growth through capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities. This Fund seeks long-term growth through capital appreciation by investing primarily in equities and other securities of Canadian issuers engaged directly or indirectly in the exploration for, the mining, production or distribution of, precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum as well as directly in precious metals situated in Canada in the form of bullion, coins, and certificates representing such precious metals. The Fund also presently intends to invest up to 10% of its assets directly or indirectly in precious stones and other metals minerals.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: CIBC Securities Inc.
Managed by: CIBC Securities Inc.
Fund Type: MF Trust
Inception Date: July 1996
Asset Class: Precious Metals Equity
Quartile Rank: 3 (3YR ending October 31, 2009)
Total Assets: $103.3 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 2.47%
Management Fee: 2.00%
Load Type: No Load
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
$500
Subsequent:
$25
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
$500
Subsequent RRSP:
$25
Closed:
No
Restricted:
No
Restriction:
 
 

Asset Allocation October 31, 2009

Equity Sector Weightings October 31, 2009

Fund Geography October 31, 2009

Top Holdings as at October 31, 2009

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area
Asset
Type
% of
Total Assets
  Performance as at November 20, 2009
1 Year Performance (%)
G-T Goldcorp Inc. Precious Metals Canada Stock 5.6   88.45 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 4.96   393.24 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
GOLD-Q Randgold Resources Precious Metals Other Stock 4.83   211.52 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
IMG-T Iamgold Corp. Precious Metals Canada Stock 4.8   443.4 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
BVN-N Compania Minas Buenaventu Precious Metals Peru Stock 4.66   249.65 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 4.32   88.63 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
K-T Kinross Gold Precious Metals Canada Stock 4.06   45.96 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
YRI-T Yamana Gold Inc. Precious Metals Canada Stock 4.04   206.28 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
CEE-T Centamin Egypt Precious Metals Australia Stock 2.95   366.67 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
OSK-T Osisko Mining Precious Metals Canada Stock 2.79   417.2 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)

Portfolio Manager(s)

Normand Lamarche

Front Street Capital

Start Date: May, 2001

Fund Return: 18.96%

Normand G. Lamarche has been engaged in the business of providing investment advisory services and portfolio management since 1987. Mr. Lamarche was a portfolio manager with Altamira Management Ltd. from August 1987 to March 1995. From February 1, 1991 to January 31, 1995, Mr. Lamarche was the manager of the Altamira Resource Fund and the Orbitex Resource Fund. From January 1, 1993 to January 31, 1995 he managed Altamira's AltaFund Investment Corp. and during that period was also responsible for the equity component of the Altamira Balanced Fund. Mr. Lamarche left Altamira in March 1995 for a one year sabbatical before establishing Tuscarora Capital Inc., one of Front Street Capital's two founding companies, with Mr. Selke in 1996. Mr. Lamarche holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Carleton University.

Also manages:CIBC Canadian Resource, CIBC Energy, Front Street Canadian Energy, Front Street Energy Gwth Fund Ser-I, Front Street Growth-B, Front Street Resource Performance, Front Street Special Opp Canadian-B

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