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Trimark Canadian Resources Fund $16.48

TRIMARK CANADIAN RESOURCES FUND $16.48 (CWA Rating: Aggressive) (AIM Funds Management Inc., 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7. 1-800-631-7008; Website: www.aimfunds.ca. Buy or sell through brokers.) includes firms we’d rate as Speculative in its top picks. However, we like Trimark Canadian Resources Fund’s value-seeking, conservative approach to picking stocks in the volatile resource sector.

The $527.1 million fund’s top holdings are Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., Kinross Gold Corporation, Marathon Oil Corporation, Plum Creek Timber Co. REIT, Mayr-Meinhof Karton AG, Highpine Oil & Gas, Umicore S.A., Range Resources Corp. and Yamana Gold.

Trimark Canadian Resources Fund is broken down by sector as follows: Golds, 21.9%; Oil, gas & combustable fuels, 17.6%; Paper & forest, 9.6%; Diversified metals & minerals, 8.0%; Energy equipment & services, 6.6%; REITs, 5.9%; Steel, 5.4%; Containers & packaging, 3.9%; and Commercial services & supplies, 3.5%.

Over the last year, Trimark Canadian Resources made 17.8%. Its five-year record is 24.4% annually. The fund’s MER is 2.42%

Trimark Canadian Resources Fund is a buy.

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