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March 31, 2008
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A U.S. equity fund investing in the dominant growth companies in the world's largest market.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is for investors who want exposure to large, U.S. blue-chip companies for long-term capital growth.
  • It’s an ideal core, U.S. equity fund that complements a value-style international or U.S. equity fund.
  • This fund is part of the corporatestructured AGF All World Tax Advantage Group.
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: U.S. equity
Fund Start Date: 1957-04-18
Management Style: Bottom-Up
 
 Fund Codes  
  Cdn$ US$
 FE 201 531
 DSC 931 631
 LL 275 626
 F 854 754
 D 500 -
 

 

Fund Manager / Start Date:
Tony Genua  -  January 2005 
Performance Start Date:
1957-06-28
Total Net Assets: $606.1 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style1
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of May 09, 2008
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
21.20
21.54
-0.34
-5.4
AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS(%) as of March 31, 2008
1 mo.
3 mo.
6 mo.
YTD
1 yr.
2 yr.
3 yr.
5 yr.
10 yr.
Performance Start Date
FUND
+5.0
-8.3
-8.4
-8.3
-7.7
-0.7
+4.1
+3.9
-1.7
+8.6
BENCHMARK*
+4.0
-5.9
-9.7
-5.9
-15.4
-3.3
+0.2
+3.6
+0.2
-
S&P 500 Total Return Index.

ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
FUND
+2.4
+11.3
+5.1
-3.3
+1.7
-30.8
-18.5
-14.6
+20.8
+59.8
BENCHMARK*
-10.5
+15.7
+1.6
+3.3
+5.3
-22.8
-6.5
-5.5
+13.6
+38.3
Distribution Frequency: As declared
Last Distribution Date: September 1994
 
PORTFOLIO
Buys/Additions
no major buys/additions
Sells/Reductions
Adobe Systems Inc.
TOP 10 HOLDINGS as of March 31, 2008
Monsanto Company Materials 6.5%
Apple Inc. Information Technology 5.0%
CVS Caremark Corporation Consumer Staples 4.8%
McDermott International Inc. Industrials 4.6%
Corning Inc. Information Technology 4.5%
Ameriprise Financial Inc. Financials 4.3%
T.Rowe Price Group Inc. Financials 4.1%
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. Information Technology 4.1%
United Technologies Corporation Industrials 4.0%
Cisco Systems Inc. Information Technology 3.8%
GICS SECTOR ALLOCATION as of March 31, 2008
Information Technology 21.8%
Financials 18.2%
Industrials 16.1%
Consumer Staples 11.3%
Health Care 6.6%
Materials 6.5%
Energy 6.2%
Consumer Discretionary 5.8%
EQUITY/CASH MIX as of March 31, 2008
North America 92.4%
Cash 7.6%

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments.  Please read the prospectus before investing.  The indicated rate[s] of return is [are] the historical annual compounded total return[s] including changes in [share or unit] value and reinvestment of all [dividends or distributions] and does [do] not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns.  Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The payment of distributions should not be confused with a fund’s performance, rate of return or yield.  If distributions paid by the fund are greater than the performance of the fund, your original investment will shrink. Distributions paid as a result of capital gains realized by a fund, an income and dividends earned by a fund are taxable in your hands in the year they are paid. Your adjusted cost based will be reduced by the amount of any returns of capital. If your adjusted cost base falls below zero, you will have to pay capital gains tax on the amount below zero.