Investment objective

To achieve long-term capital growth and regular dividend income by investing primarily in common and preferred securities of U.S. companies with above average dividend yields.

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Fund details

Series
Currency
Fund code
MER * (%)
F CAD 35055 0.77%

Portfolio analysis As of Apr 30, 2025

97% 3%
Equity Fixed Income

Asset mix

Equity Sector Allocation
Information Technology27.8%
Financials16.7%
Health Care14.1%
Communication Services9.9%
Energy5.9%
Consumer Staples5.2%
Industrials4.9%
Consumer Discretionary4.3%
Real Estate4.3%
Utilities3.9%
Unclassified3.0%
Top 10 Holdings
% Assets
Microsoft Corp 6.7%
Apple Inc 5.8%
NVIDIA Corp 5.1%
Alphabet Inc - Class A Shares 4.1%
Meta Platforms Inc - Class A Shares 3.1%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.0%
Broadcom Inc 3.0%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.2%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 2.2%
Exxon Mobil Corp 2.2%
Total % of Top 10 Holdings 37.4%

Geographic allocation

Region

Performance analysis

Growth of $10,000 since inception

Calendar returns

Trailing return

1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years Since Inception
-6.6 -12.0 -4.0 9.5 12.1 13.4 11.5 10.5 Fund

Distribution ($)/unit

YTD* 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Total distributions 0.14 6.88 3.44 0.94 4.00 1.39 2.86 1.52 1.12 0.71 1.46
Interest --- 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --- --- ---
Canadian dividends --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Foreign dividends --- 0.53 0.52 0.45 0.38 0.52 0.56 0.52 0.52 0.49 0.38
Foreign taxes paid --- -0.08 -0.08 -0.07 -0.06 -0.08 -0.09 -0.09 -0.09 -0.09 -0.09
Capital gains --- 6.43 3.00 0.55 3.68 0.95 2.38 1.09 0.69 0.31 1.17
Return of capital --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

* MER (%) is based on actual expenses for the preceding calendar year or most recent half-year period ended June 30 expressed on an annualized basis, depending on availability of date at the time of publication.