Best 12-month preformance
Money Digest, June, 2002
MUTUAL FUNDS
BEST 12-MONTH PERFORMANCE
Funds listed in this section are open-end mutual funds. They have been
selected on the basis of their previous 12-month performance. Mutual
funds should be judged on their long-term, and consistent performance.
The listing here is mainly intended to point out the current trends. You
may want to compare your fund's performance with the top-performing
funds. But do not switch in a hurry.
Equity Funds include funds whose objectives are long-term capital
appreciation or a combination of capital appreciation and income. Here
is a list of how each fund category is grouped in comparison to the new
IFSC categories:
FUND COMMISSION * 1 YR.
% %
CANADIAN EQUITY FUNDS--RRSP ELIGIBLE (1)
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund NL 71.3
Bissett Microcap Fund Class F NL 48.5
Microcap Fund Cl A F/B 46.7
Clarington Cdn Small Cap Fund F/B 44.7
Ethical Special Equity Fund NL 44.1
Average ** 1.5
SPECIALTY AND OTHER RESOURCES EQUITY FUNDS (2)
Royal Previous Metals Fund NL 110.8
Sprott Hedge Fund L.P. NL 99.8
Mac Universal Precious Metals Fund F/B 88.9
Dynamic Canadian Precious Metals Fund F/B 79.5
Mac Unv World Precious Metals Cap Cl F/B 77.0
AGF Precious Metals Fund F/B 76.4
Average ** -11.6
U.S. EQUITY FUNDS--NON-RRSP ELIGIBLE (3)
ABC American-Value Fund NL 41.9
Chous Associates Fund NL 26.1
Fidelity Small Cap America Fund Series A F/B 22.9
Clarica MVP Fidelity Small Cap American B 22.7
Cote 100 US Fund NL 21.5
Average ** -12.3
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS--NON-RRSP ELIGIBLE (4)
StrategicNova Asia Pacific Fund F/B 27.7
GFM Emerging Markets Country Fd NL 23.6
Templeton Global Smaller Co. F/B 20.5
Mac Cundill Recovery Fund Cl C F 19.9
Templeton Global Smaller Co. RSP F/B 19.4
Average ** -10.1
FUND 3 YR. 5 YR. 10 YR.
% % %
CANADIAN EQUITY FUNDS--RRSP ELIGIBLE (1)
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund 49.4 -- --
Bissett Microcap Fund Class F 29.1 -- --
Microcap Fund Cl A -- -- --
Clarington Cdn Small Cap Fund 16.9 9.3 --
Ethical Special Equity Fund 17.1 10.8 --
Average ** 6.8 6.0 9.7
SPECIALTY AND OTHER RESOURCES EQUITY FUNDS (2)
Royal Previous Metals Fund 23.2 4.2 14.1
Sprott Hedge Fund L.P. -- -- --
Mac Universal Precious Metals Fund 33.8 7.6 --
Dynamic Canadian Precious Metals Fund 17.0 -0.8 9.3
Mac Unv World Precious Metals Cap Cl -- -- --
AGF Precious Metals Fund 16.3 -3.7 --
Average ** 3.9 1.7 9.1
U.S. EQUITY FUNDS--NON-RRSP ELIGIBLE (3)
ABC American-Value Fund 16.4 15.3 --
Chous Associates Fund 9.9 15.7 16.8
Fidelity Small Cap America Fund Series A 31.8 22.3 --
Clarica MVP Fidelity Small Cap American 31.4 -- --
Cote 100 US Fund 5.7 4.8 --
Average ** -3.3 6.9 10.6
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS--NON-RRSP ELIGIBLE (4)
StrategicNova Asia Pacific Fund 26.8 9.0 --
GFM Emerging Markets Country Fd 7.9 1.4 --
Templeton Global Smaller Co. 12.9 9.7 12.7
Mac Cundill Recovery Fund Cl C 12.3 -- --
Templeton Global Smaller Co. RSP -- -- --
Average ** -1.5 1.6 7.4
(1) Canadian Equity: Canadian Equity, Canadian Large-Cap Equity &
Canadian Small-Cap Equity
(2) Specialty: Alternative Strategies, Financial Services, Health Care,
Labour Sponsored Ventures, Natural Resources, Precious Metals, Science
& Technology and Specialty/Miscellaneous
(3) U.S. Equity: U.S. Equity and U.S. Small & Mid-Cap Equity
(4) International Equity: Asia ex-Japan Equity, Asia/Pacific Rim Equity.
Emerging Markets, European Equity, Global Equity, International Equity,
Japanese Equity, Latin American Equity and North American Equity
Real Estate Funds invest primarily commercial real estate.
FUND COMMISSION * 1 YR.
% %
REAL ESTATE FUNDS
Dynamic Canadian Real Estate Fund B 20.1
CIBC Canadian Real Estate Fund NL 19.7
Dynamic Global Real Estate Fund F/B 13.9
Dynamic Global Real Estate Class Fund F/B 13.8
Average ** 11.8
FUND 3 YR. 5 YR. 10 YR.
% % %
REAL ESTATE FUNDS
Dynamic Canadian Real Estate Fund 8.4 5.5 --
CIBC Canadian Real Estate Fund 10.9 -- --
Dynamic Global Real Estate Fund 4.2 3.5 --
Dynamic Global Real Estate Class Fund -- -- --
Average ** 7.6 6.7 3.4
Bond and Mortgage Funds invest in bonds, mortgages, or both. Canadian
short term bond funds are included in our list Many of these funds are
RRSP-eligible. Funds included in this category are Canadian Bond,
Canadian Mortgage, Canadian Short-Term Bond, Foreign Bond and High-Yield
Bond.
FUND COMMISSION * 1 YR.
% %
BOND & MORTGAGE FUNDS
AGF Global Total Return Bond Fund F/B 17.8
Maritime Life Trimark Adv Bond B 15.8
Acuity Pooled Fixed Income Fund NL 12.2
Opus 2 Direct Cdn Fixed Income NL 11.3
Talvest High Yield Bond F/B 10.0
Talvest Global Bond RSP F/B 9.7
Average ** 5.6
FUND 3 YR. 5 YR. 10 YR.
% % %
BOND & MORTGAGE FUNDS
AGF Global Total Return Bond Fund 3.9 0.2 --
Maritime Life Trimark Adv Bond -- -- --
Acuity Pooled Fixed Income Fund 7.2 10.6 --
Opus 2 Direct Cdn Fixed Income -- -- --
Talvest High Yield Bond 0.3 3.1 --
Talvest Global Bond RSP 0.8 4.5 --
Average ** 3.2 4.5 7.1
Balanced Funds emphasize long-term goals. Traditionally, they invest 50%
of their assets in bonds and 50% in Canadian equities. Types of funds
included in this category are Canadian Asset Allocation, Canadian
Balanced and Global Balanced & Asset Allocation.
FUND COMMISSION * 1 YR.
% %
BALANCED/ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS
Trimark Global Balanced F/B 20.9
Saxon Balanced Fund NL 20.5
Trimark RSP Global Balanced F/B 19.4
ABC Fully-Managed Fund NL 17.4
Dynamic Focus Balanced Fund F/B 15.5
Average ** -0.8
FUND 3 YR. 5 YR. 10 YR.
% % %
BALANCED/ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS
Trimark Global Balanced -- -- --
Saxon Balanced Fund 13.7 10.5 13.9
Trimark RSP Global Balanced -- -- --
ABC Fully-Managed Fund 12.2 10.3 15.8
Dynamic Focus Balanced Fund 10.3 6.4 --
Average ** 3.0 5.3 8.4
Preferred Dividend Funds are designed to provide high after-tax income.
They invest mostly in high-yielding shares of Canadian corporations
FUND COMMISSION * 1 YR.
% %
DIVIDEND FUNDS
Lutheran Life Enhanced Dividend B 17.0
Canada Life Enhanced Dividend S-39 B 16.9
Canada Life Gen Enhanced Dividend (L) B 16.9
Malachite Aggressive Preferred Fund NL 16.2
Mavrix Income Fund F/B 15.4
Average ** 7.6
FUND 3 YR. 5 YR. 10 YR.
% % %
DIVIDEND FUNDS
Lutheran Life Enhanced Dividend -- -- --
Canada Life Enhanced Dividend S-39 13.1 -- --
Canada Life Gen Enhanced Dividend (L) 13.0 -- --
Malachite Aggressive Preferred Fund -- -- --
Mavrix Income Fund 16.8 7.1 8.1
Average ** 8.8 9.2 11.0
Money Market Funds invest in shortterm securities such as Treasury
Bills. Many of them are RRSP-eligible. All money market funds mentioned
here have a one-year return of over 2.1%
FUND COMMISSION * 1 YR.
% %
MONEY MARKET FUNDS
University Avenue Money Fund F/B 4.5
Nat Bank Treasury Management NL 3.8
Montrusco Bolton T-Max Fund NL 3.6
Average ** 2.5
U. S. MONEY MARKET FUNDS
PH&N $U.S. Money Market Fund NL 2.3
HSBC U.S. Dollar Money Market NL 2.1
Renaissance US Money Market F 2.1
Average ** 1.8
FUND 3 YR. 5 YR. 10 YR.
% % %
MONEY MARKET FUNDS
University Avenue Money Fund 4.9 5.1 --
Nat Bank Treasury Management 4.8 -- --
Montrusco Bolton T-Max Fund 4.8 4.7 --
Average ** 3.7 3.6 4.2
U. S. MONEY MARKET FUNDS
PH&N $U.S. Money Market Fund 4.2 4.5 4.3
HSBC U.S. Dollar Money Market 3.9 -- --
Renaissance US Money Market 3.9 4.2 3.8
Average ** 3.9 4.1 3.9
Source: Southam FUND PROFILER published by Southam Mutual Fund Group.
Phone (416) 445-5534, 1-888-328-9252. Website: www.fundprofiler.com
(Period ending April 30, 2002).
* Commisions NL - No load, F - Front-end load; B - Back end load; F/B -
Option of Front or Back-end load
** Averages are based on all funds within each group
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