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We present below three charts to illustrate the short and long term net performance
of the Granville Cooper Gold Fund II Ltd. To put these returns into context, we
include the performance of gold as well as various gold funds, both actively managed precious
metals funds as well as the gold indexed funds.
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Charts prepared by: Zeke Brustkern
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As the three charts above demonstrate, over a long term time horizon most funds fail to outperform the gold price.
As can also be seen over the same time period, the Granville Cooper Gold Fund II Ltd. produced a net return well in excess of the gold price as well as the other gold funds.
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The chart below shows the evolution of the outperformance of the Granville Cooper Gold Fund II Ltd. to the gold price from the inception of our gold-only strategy to March 2012.
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And shown another way:
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You can see from the charts above that over time Granville Cooper Gold Fund II Ltd. has not only exceeded the gold price but its outperformance has increased over time. This trajectory of outperformance we attribute to our active investment management strategy.
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Henry Smyth
Director and Investment Manager
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