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25 Nov 2010 - Performance Report: Taurus Precious Metals Strategy

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date27 November 2010
ManagerTaurus Funds Management Pty Ltd
Fund NameTaurus Precious Metals Strategy
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateOctober 2010
Latest Return4.60%
Latest 6 Months14.63%
Latest 12 Months31.74%
Latest 24 Months
Annualised Since Inception36.98%
Inception Date01 February 2009
FUM (millions)US$140
Fund OverviewThe Fund invests in gold, silver, platinum and palladium physical commodity instruments (a minimum of 75%) as well as the underlying gold and precious equities (a maximum of 25%) to deliver an investment which provides gold's defensive properties but also tactically shifts to other precious metal commodities and equities to enhance returns.

Excess returns are generated by utilizing a relative value strategy and correctly switching the portfolio between the various physical commodities (gold, silver, platinum, palladium) and also between commodities and equities.

The strategy's primary goal is to provide investors with returns ahead of Gold Bullion, essentially an enhanced gold exposure. The fund aims to provide investors with a low cost, appropriately bench marked alternative / substitute to physical gold.

The investment process combines fundamental and quantitative research to isolate attractive commodities, sub-sectors and stocks.
Manager CommentsTaurus continue to reduce allocation from physical gold, and increase exposure to silver and palladium to take advantage of opportunities. Gold allocation has dropped from a dominant 91% in May to 73.8% as at the end of October, while allocation to silver and palladium has each risen to 5.2%, taking aggregate exposure to non gold physical metals to 12.4%.

At the same time exposure to precious metals equities (largely dominated by gold) has also risen marginally to 12.1%.

While gold has certainly had a stellar rise in 2010 YTD, up 28%, it has been clearly eclipsed by Palladium at +68% and Silver at +59%.
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