N-Q 1 fsf.htm N-Q~T. ROWE PRICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND, INC. T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund, Inc.

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS




T. ROWE PRICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND    
Unaudited  
March 31, 2006 
Portfolio of Investments
Shares 
Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)    

COMMON STOCKS 100.1%     
FINANCIALS 96.4%     
Capital Markets 45.7%     
Affiliated Managers Group (1)  38,000  4,051 
AMVESCAP (GBP)  865,000  8,079 
Bank of New York  592,000  21,336 
Charles Schwab  550,000  9,466 
Credit Suisse Group (CHF)  40,000  2,246 
Goldman Sachs  63,000  9,888 
John Nuveen  150,000  7,223 
Lehman Brothers  62,000  8,961 
Mellon Financial  502,400  17,885 
Merrill Lynch  179,000  14,098 
Morgan Stanley  346,000  21,736 
Northern Trust  315,000  16,538 
State Street  338,000  20,425 
Stifel Financial (1)  300,000  13,101 
UBS (CHF)  97,000  10,663 
    185,696 
Commercial Banks 20.7%     
Aareal Bank (EUR) (1)  187,135  8,695 
Anglo Irish Bank (EUR)  503,068  8,305 
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argenta (EUR)  355,000  7,420 
Barclays (GBP)  1,135,000  13,295 
Boston Private Financial  147,000  4,967 
Erste Bank der Oesterreich Sparkasse (EUR)  132,721  7,839 
Fifth Third Bancorp  475,000  18,696 
National City  205,000  7,155 
Royal Bank of Scotland (GBP)  240,000  7,818 
    84,190 
Consumer Finance 1.8%     
American Express  24,000  1,261 
Capital One Financial  75,000  6,039 
    7,300 
Diversified Financial Services 8.4%     
Citigroup  286,200  13,517 
JP Morgan Chase  496,000  20,654 
    34,171 
Insurance 19.0%     
American International Group  30,300  2,003 
Aspen Insurance Holdings  320,000  7,891 
Axis Capital Holdings  340,800  10,190 
Berkshire Hathaway, Class A (1)  7  632 
Genworth Financial, Class A  197,000  6,586 
Hartford Financial Services  64,000  5,155 
Lincoln National  185,000  10,099 
Marsh & McLennan  628,000  18,438 
Montpelier RE  405,000  6,601 
XL Capital  146,600  9,399 
    76,994 
Real Estate 0.5%     
CapitalSource, REIT  80,000  1,990 
    1,990 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.3%     
Fannie Mae  11,800  607 
Freddie Mac  9,500  579 
    1,186 
Total Financials    391,527 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 0.8%     
Diversified Consumer Services 0.8%     
H&R Block  150,000  3,247 
Total Consumer Discretionary    3,247 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2.9%     
IT Services 2.9%     
First Data  250,000  11,705 
Total Information Technology    11,705 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $338,049)    406,479 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.0%     
Money Market Funds 0.0%     
T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund, 4.71% (2)(3)  1,000  1 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1)    1 
Total Investments in Securities     
100.1% of Net Assets (Cost $338,050)  $ 406,480 


  Denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted 
(1)  Non-income producing 
(2)  Affiliated company - see Note 3 
(3)  Seven-day yield 
CHF  Swiss Franc 
EUR  Euro 
GBP  British Pound 
REIT  Real Estate Investment Trust 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.




T. ROWE PRICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND    
Unaudited  
March 31, 2006 
Notes to Portfolio of Investments


NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund, Inc. (the fund) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The fund seeks long-term growth of capital and a modest level of income.

The accompanying portfolio of investments was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require the use of estimates made by fund management. Fund management believes that estimates and security valuations are appropriate; however actual results may differ from those estimates, and the security valuations reflected in the portfolio of investments may differ from the value the fund receives upon sale of the securities.

Valuation

The fund values its investments and computes its net asset value per share at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4 p.m. ET, each day that the NYSE is open for business. Equity securities listed or regularly traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sale price or, for certain markets, the official closing price at the time the valuations are made, except for OTC Bulletin Board securities, which are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices. A security that is listed or traded on more than one exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such security. Listed securities not traded on a particular day are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices for domestic securities and the last quoted sale price for international securities.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund’s closing net asset value per share on the day of valuation.

Other investments and those for which the above valuation procedures are inappropriate or are deemed not to reflect fair value are stated at fair value as determined in good faith by the T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee, established by the fund’s Board of Directors.

Most foreign markets close before the close of trading on the NYSE. If the fund determines that developments between the close of a foreign market and the close of the NYSE will, in its judgment, materially affect the value of some or all of its portfolio securities, which in turn will affect the fund’s share price, the fund will adjust the previous closing prices to reflect the fair value of the securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee, established by the fund’s Board of Directors. A fund may also fair value securities in other situations, such as when a particular foreign market is closed but the fund is open. In deciding whether to make fair value adjustments, the fund reviews a variety of factors, including developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments trading in U. S. markets that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. The fund uses outside pricing services to provide it with closing market prices and information used for adjusting those prices. The fund cannot predict when and how often it will use closing prices and when it will adjust those prices to reflect fair value. As a means of evaluating its fair value process, the fund routinely compares closing market prices, the next day’s opening prices in the same markets, and adjusted prices.

Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date.



NOTE 2 - FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

At March 31, 2006, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $338,050,000. Net unrealized gain aggregated $68,423,000 at period-end, of which $74,673,000 related to appreciated investments and $6,250,000 related to depreciated investments.



NOTE 3 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The fund may invest in the T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund and the T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund (collectively, the T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds), open-end management investment companies managed by Price Associates and affiliates of the fund. The T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds are offered as cash management options to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by Price Associates and/or its affiliates, and are not available for direct purchase by members of the public. The T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds pay no investment management fees. During the three months ended March 31, 2006, dividend income from the T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds totaled $3,000, and the value of shares of the T. Rowe Price Reserve Funds held at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 was $1,000 and $1,000, respectively.




Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Separate certifications by the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund, Inc.

By  /s/ Edward C. Bernard 
  Edward C. Bernard 
  Principal Executive Officer 
 
Date  May 19, 2006 


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By  /s/ Edward C. Bernard 
  Edward C. Bernard 
  Principal Executive Officer 
 
Date  May 19, 2006 
 
 
By  /s/ Joseph A. Carrier 
  Joseph A. Carrier 
  Principal Financial Officer 
 
Date  May 19, 2006