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Profile - Central Fund of Canada (AMEX:CEF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1323 15th Avenue S.W., Calgary
Alberta T3C 0X8, Canada
Phone: (403) 228-5861
Fax: (403) 228-2222
Email: sspicer@nas.net
Employees (last reported count): 4
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 11% (11% of float)
(19 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 255.0K shares (+10.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Central Fund of Canada Limited is a specialized investment holding company. Following its incorporation, Central Fund invested mainly in shares and other securities of Canadian issuers, primarily with a view to capital appreciation. During 1983, Central Fund changed its character to that of a specialized holding company, the assets of which were held through its wholly owned subsidiaries primarily as gold and silver bullion. Pursuant to the asset transfer agreements dated as of June 30, 1990, between Central Fund and each of its then wholly owned subsidiaries, Central Fund purchased the assets of such subsidiaries, which consisted primarily of gold and silver in bar form, and gold and silver bullion certificates. These subsidiaries were in turn wound up and dissolved subsequent to the transaction.
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Financial Summary
Central Fund of Canada operates as a specialized investment holding company, investing in gold and silver bullion. For the six months ended 4/30/01, revenues fell 22% to $54 thousand. Net loss according to U.S. GAAP fell 36% to $3 million. Revenues reflect lower balances of interest bearing cash deposits. Lower loss reflects a decline in administration fees and income taxes as a result of a lower level of net assets.
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Officers

Position
Philip SpicerChairman
J. C. Steran SpicerPres, Director
Dale SpackmanVice Chairman
Michael ParenteVP- Fin.
Catherine SpackmanTreasurer
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Statistics at a Glance -- AMEX:CEFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Nov-2000
$2.75 
Recent Price$3.21 
52-Week High
on 30-Apr-2001
$65.71 
Beta0.12 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)14.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)15.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-3.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+30.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$62.3M
Shares Outstanding19.4M
Float19.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.01 
Dividend Yield0.31%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.37 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.37 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.14 
Sales (ttm)$0.01 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.95 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)483.07 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$129.0K
EBITDA (ttm)-$445.0K
Income available to common (ttm)-$7.15M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsOct 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-0.85%
Return on Equity (ttm)-10.34%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 6-Apr-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1,000 
Daily Volume18.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-Apr-2001)

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