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AGF Aggressive™ Global Stock Fund
October 31, 2008
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A global equity fund that focuses primarily on small- to mid-cap stocks using an earnings growth 'momentum' style.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is for long-term investors seeking high capital appreciation and global diversification.
  • It suits aggressive investors who can tolerate high volatility in search of high potential returns.
  • This fund complements a more conservative, large-cap global value fund.
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: Global equity
Fund Start Date: 1996-02-15
Management Style: Bottom-Up
Fund Codes:
 FEDSCLLFD
C$795695258808--
US$495595620708--
Fund Manager / Start Date:
Driehaus Capital Management LLC  -  February 1996 
Performance Start Date:
1996-02-21
Total Net Assets: $49.7 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style4
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of Dec 03, 2008
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
5.47
5.41
+0.06
-46.1
AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS(%) as of October 31, 2008
1 mo.
3 mo.
6 mo.
YTD
1 yr.
2 yr.
3 yr.
5 yr.
10 yr.
Performance Start Date
FUND
-16.5
-35.3
-38.1
-40.8
-41.5
-11.2
-3.1
+2.0
+1.1
+2.5
BENCHMARK*
-8.8
-19.2
-25.3
-26.9
-27.5
-12.8
-3.9
+0.8
-0.9
+3.2
MSCI (All Country) World Total Return Index
ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
FUND
+20.4
+12.4
+28.0
+4.8
+20.5
-28.6
-30.6
-25.9
+107.9
+23.2
BENCHMARK*
-4.8
+21.5
+7.9
+7.8
+10.2
-19.6
-10.7
-10.6
+19.1
+31.2
Distribution Frequency: Annual      Last Distribution Date: never
 
PORTFOLIO
As of October 31, 2008  
TOP 10 HOLDINGS
Equinix Inc Information Technology 2.0%
Novo Nordisk Health Care 1.8%
CSL Ltd Health Care 1.8%
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp Consumer Staples 1.5%
Grifols Health Care 1.5%
Illumina Inc Health Care 1.4%
Intrepid Potash Inc Materials 1.4%
BG Group Plc Energy 1.4%
Autonomy Corp Plc Information Technology 1.3%
Icon Plc Health Care 1.3%
TOP 10 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS
Health Care 18.2%
Industrials 17.5%
Consumer Discretionary 11.2%
Consumer Staples 10.2%
Information Technology 9.8%
Energy 7.2%
Materials 6.1%
Utilities 3.1%
Financials 2.9%
Telecommunication Services 2.0%
REGIONAL MIX
North America 38.6%
Europe 30.3%
Pacific Rim 16.2%
Cash 11.8%
Latin America 1.7%
Middle East & Africa 1.4%

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.

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