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AGF Global Health Sciences Class
March 31, 2008
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A specialty global equity fund with a focus on global health care opportunities.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is for investors looking for focused sector diversification.
  • It complements a large-cap, value style fund or a more broadly diversified, global equity fund.
  • This fund is part of the AGF All World Tax Advantage Group.
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: Science and technology
Fund Start Date: 2000-04-19
Management Style: Bottom-Up
 
 Fund Codes  
  Cdn$ US$
 FE 262 462
 DSC 962 562
 LL 294 608
 F 810 710
 D - -
 

 

Fund Manager / Start Date:
Tony Genua  -  August 2005 
Martin Hubbes  -  April 2000 
Performance Start Date:
2000-04-27
Total Net Assets: $19.0 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style2
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of May 08, 2008
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
5.63
5.56
+0.07
-3.1
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
+2.8
-3.8
-3.0
-3.8
-9.0
-5.0
+3.2
+3.5
-0.9
BENCHMARK*
+1.2
-5.2
-6.9
-5.2
-16.0
-5.1
-0.4
+0.8
-1.6
MSCI (Developed) World Health Care Total Return Index.

ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
FUND
-3.8
+4.5
+9.3
-1.3
+11.4
-27.7
-7.3
BENCHMARK*
-11.4
+10.9
+6.0
-0.9
-1.8
-18.4
-7.6
+31.9
-15.6
+47.1
Distribution Frequency: As declared
Last Distribution Date: never
 
PORTFOLIO
Buys/Additions
No major buys/additions
Sells/Reductions
Respironics Inc.
TOP 10 HOLDINGS as of March 31, 2008
Gilead Sciences Inc. Biotechnology 7.3%
Express Scripts Inc. Health Care Services 7.2%
Celgene Corporation Biotechnology 5.6%
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited ADR Pharmaceuticals 5.0%
Allergan Inc. Pharmaceuticals 4.3%
Dentsply International Inc. Health Care Supplies 4.2%
Zimmer Holdings Inc. Health Care Equipment 4.1%
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Limited Health Care Services 4.0%
Abbott Laboratories Inc. Pharmaceuticals 3.6%
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR Pharmaceuticals 3.4%
TOP 10 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS as of March 31, 2008
Pharmaceuticals 28.7%
Biotechnology 15.0%
Health Care Services 12.3%
Health Care Equipment 4.9%
Health Care Supplies 4.2%
Managed Health Care 3.4%
Drug Retail 3.2%
Health Care Distributors 1.9%
Health Care Technology 1.9%
Health Care Facilities 1.5%
REGIONAL MIX as of March 31, 2008
North America 64.9%
Cash 22.5%
Europe 6.8%
Middle East & Africa 5.0%
Pacific Rim 0.8%

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.