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T. Rowe Price New Era (PRNEX)

General Information  As of 11/24/2009 NAV $43.69 NAV Daily Change ($0.04) % Yield 1.11 % SEC Yield N/A % YTD Return (as of 10/31/2009) 38.16 Objective* Equity - Sector Energy/Res Peer* EN * Key Portfolio Statistics % Unrealized Gain YTD 14.20 Net Assets (Mil $) 06/30/2009 3,939.00 % Turnover 06/30/2009 19.00 Fees % Max Sales Load .00 % Min Sales Load .00 % Max Deferred Load .00 Expenses % Max 12b-1 Fee .00 % Max Management Fee .56 % Redemption Fee .00 % Expense Ratio .71 Allocation Large Growth .00 Large Value 28.34 Small Growth .00 Small Value .00 Foreign Stock 18.60 Emerging Market 26.57 Precious Metals 5.06 Intermediate Bond 10.96 Foreign Bond .00 High Yield Bond .00 Portfolio Information Composition As of 06/30/2009 % of Net Assets Stock 94.87 Cash .00 Bonds .00 Preferred .00 Convertibles .00 Foreign Stock 40.31 Foreign Bonds .00 Hedge .00 Other 5.13 Sector / Country Weightings Sector / Country Weightings As of 06/30/2009 % of Portfolio Industrial Cyclical 39.86 Energy 35.80 Other 13.66 Finance 5.36 Utilities 4.13 Retail Trade .80 Services .39 N/A N/A N/A N/A Portfolio Holdings Top Equity Holdings (As of 06/30/2009) % of Portfolio Value (Mil$) T ROWE PRICE RESERVE INV FD 4.73 186.24 SCHLUMBERGER LTD 3.77 148.38 CAMERON INTL CORP 3.46 136.42 DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC 3.34 131.66 CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LI 3.21 126.61 EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.65 104.31 POTASH CORP SASKATCHEWAN 2.63 103.74 BHP BILLITON ADR 2.39 94.23 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC 2.27 89.56 N/A N/A N/A

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