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March 31, 2008
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A U.S. equity fund specializing in the growth of U.S. small- to mid-cap companies.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is for more aggressive investors seeking the higher, long-term growth potential of small- and mid-cap U.S. companies.
  • It complements a large-cap U.S. equity fund.
  • This fund is part of the AGF All World Tax Advantage Group.  
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: U.S. small and mid-cap equity
Fund Start Date: 1968-09-19
Management Style: Bottom-Up
 
 Fund Codes  
  Cdn$ US$
 FE 202 532
 DSC 932 632
 LL 276 627
 F 869 769
 D - -
 

 

Fund Manager / Start Date:
Tony Genua  -  January 2005 
Performance Start Date:
1968-12-31
Total Net Assets: $86.5 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style4
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of May 09, 2008
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
10.44
10.56
-0.12
-10.6
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
+3.2
-15.4
-17.6
-15.4
-20.7
-8.1
+1.0
+6.3
-3.0
+7.3
BENCHMARK*
+3.3
-5.3
-8.5
-5.3
-17.0
-5.7
+1.4
+7.2
+5.6
-
S&P 400 MidCap Total Return Index.

ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
FUND
-2.7
+13.6
+5.1
+12.2
+11.6
-34.0
-22.3
-16.3
+46.9
+5.5
BENCHMARK*
-8.3
+10.3
+9.0
+8.5
+11.0
-15.2
+5.5
+22.1
+7.7
+28.1
Distribution Frequency: As declared
Last Distribution Date: September 1994

 

PORTFOLIO
Buys/Additions
Urban Outfitters Inc.
Western Digital Corporation
Sells/Reductions
Autodesk Inc.
TOP 10 HOLDINGS as of March 31, 2008
Polycom Inc. Information Technology 3.9%
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Limited Health Care 3.9%
GameStop Corporation 'A' Consumer Discretionary 3.8%
Lululemon Athletica Inc. Consumer Discretionary 3.5%
Celanese Corporation 'A' Materials 3.3%
Core Laboratories NV Energy 3.3%
Harsco Corporation Industrials 3.3%
Urban Outfitters Inc. Consumer Discretionary 3.2%
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc. 'A' Industrials 3.2%
OmniVision Technologies Inc. Information Technology 3.1%
GICS SECTOR ALLOCATION as of March 31, 2008
Information Technology 21.4%
Materials 13.0%
Consumer Discretionary 12.1%
Industrials 9.2%
Consumer Staples 8.4%
Health Care 8.4%
Energy 7.6%
Financials 3.0%
EQUITY/CASH MIX as of March 31, 2008
North America 80.2%
Cash 16.9%
Europe 2.9%

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.