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AGF Canadian Resources Fund
July 31, 2008
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A specialty Canadian equity fund providing exposure to the Canadian resource market.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is for investors seeking maximum long-term capital growth, and who can tolerate short-term volatility.
  • It provides the potential to benefit from rising commodity prices.
  • It complements a more broadly diversified, Canadian equity fund for added diversification.
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: Natural resources
Fund Start Date: 1960-03-04
Management Style: Bottom-Up
Fund Codes:
 FEDSCLLFD
C$210940279851---
US$----------
Fund Manager / Start Date:
Robert Lyon  -  May 2008 
Bob Farquharson  -  January 1975 
Performance Start Date:
1960-06-30
Total Net Assets: $403.6 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style5
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of Aug 27, 2008
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
53.78
52.93
+0.85
-13.4
AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS(%) as of July 31, 2008
1 mo.
3 mo.
6 mo.
YTD
1 yr.
2 yr.
3 yr.
5 yr.
10 yr.
Performance Start Date
FUND
-14.5
-7.4
-2.8
-7.4
-15.6
+2.2
+13.9
+23.8
+14.5
+9.7
BENCHMARK*
-12.7
-0.6
+8.8
+6.2
+6.8
+8.9
+16.2
+23.0
+16.4
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Morningstar/TSX Resources Total Return Index.
ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
FUND
+2.1
+29.7
+44.1
+19.5
+43.3
+18.0
+2.6
+16.0
+11.3
-41.2
BENCHMARK*
+11.1
+15.4
+44.2
+14.8
+26.9
+11.5
+9.6
+16.2
+21.9
-20.3
Distribution Frequency: As declared      Last Distribution Date: December 1987
 
PORTFOLIO
As of July 31, 2008  
Buys/Additions
New Gold Inc.
Sells/Reductions
ENSCO International Inc.
Gemcom Software International Inc.
TOP 10 HOLDINGS
KINROSS GOLD CORP Gold 2.6%
NEXEN INC Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod 2.2%
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod 2.1%
YAMANA GOLD INC Gold 1.8%
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod 1.8%
IMPERIAL OIL LTD Integrated Oil & Gas 1.8%
TECK COMINCO LTD -CL B Diversified Metals & Mining 1.7%
EQUINOX MINERALS LTD Diversified Metals & Mining 1.6%
SUNCOR ENERGY INC Integrated Oil & Gas 1.6%
UTS ENERGY CORP Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod 1.6%
TOP 10 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS
Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod 37.3%
Gold 17.9%
Diversified Metals & Mining 17.3%
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 4.6%
Integrated Oil & Gas 4.5%
Precious Metals & Minerals 4.0%
Coal & Consumable Fuels 3.9%
Oil & Gas Drilling 2.1%
Steel 1.6%
Corporates 1.4%
REGIONAL MIX
North America 93.9%
Europe 1.5%
Cash 1.1%
Pacific Rim 1.1%
Foreign Corporate Bonds 0.7%
Canadian Corporate Bonds 0.7%
Middle East & Africa 0.5%
Latin America 0.5%

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments.  Please read the prospectus before investing.  The indicated rate[s] of return is [are] the historical annual compounded total return[s] including changes in [share or unit] value and reinvestment of all [dividends or distributions] and does [do] not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns.  Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The payment of distributions should not be confused with a fund’s performance, rate of return or yield.  If distributions paid by the fund are greater than the performance of the fund, your original investment will shrink. Distributions paid as a result of capital gains realized by a fund, an income and dividends earned by a fund are taxable in your hands in the year they are paid. Your adjusted cost based will be reduced by the amount of any returns of capital. If your adjusted cost base falls below zero, you will have to pay capital gains tax on the amount below zero.

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