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Investment Objective

To provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. companies whose businesses relate to life sciences and technology and are expected to benefit from scientific and technological advances.

 

Performance Analysis as of April 30, 2013


Growth of $10,000
Growth of $10,000 - Series A - $11,461
 
  Series:  A
$11,461
Calendar Returns %
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 YTD*
 
Series: A
Calendar Returns % - Series A
 
16.7 -9.2 -3.0 -1.8 0.5 -29.3 26.3 11.6 -3.1 7.2 9.3 Fund
1st 4th 4th 4th 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 4th 4th 4th Quartile
1Mth 3Mth 6Mth 1Yr 3Yr 5Yr 10Yr Since
Inception
Trailing Return %
-0.7 5.4 11.6 4.6 4.8 1.7 1.5 Fund
4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 1st 3rd - Quartile

Portfolio Analysis

Asset Mix
Category % Assets
 
Cash 1.2
 
Fixed Income 0.0
 
Canadian Equity 0.5
 
US Equity 96.6
 
International Equity 1.6
 
Other 0.0
Equity Style
Statistics %
P/B Ratio 2.8
P/E Ratio 17.4
Avg. Mkt Cap. $Bil 22.5
Top Ten Holdings % Assets
Apple Inc 5.3
Gilead Sciences Inc 3.9
Microsoft Corporation 3.6
Cisco Systems Inc 2.8
Google, Inc. Class A 2.6
KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals Inc 2.3
Oracle Corporation 2.1
Intel Corp 2.1
Visa, Inc. 2.1
Hewlett-Packard Co 2.0
Total % of Top Ten Holdings 28.7
Total Number of Stock Holdings 79
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0
Total Number of Other Holdings 1
Total Number of Holdings 80
Global Equity Sectors % Equity
Information Technology 58.7
Health Care 39.1
Telecommunications Services 1.5
Industrials 0.7

Source: Data is provided by Morningstar Canada, updated monthly on the 10th business day.

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Fund Info & Commentaries

 
 

Fund Details

Series: A
Fund Code: RBF274
Load Structure: No Load
Currency: CAD

 
Inception Date: Jul, 1995
Series A NAV $: 6.69
Series A MER %: 2.20
Benchmark:
  • 50% S&P 500 Health Care Index ($C)
  • 50% S&P 500 Information Technology Index ($C)

 
Income Distribution: Annually
Capital Gains Distribution: Annually

 
Sales Status: Open
Minimum Investment $: 500
Subsequent Investment $: 25