AIC DIVERSIFIED CANADA FUND $34.89

AIC DIVERSIFIED CANADA FUND $34.89 (CWA Rating: Conservative) mainly holds shares of Canadian companies of average or above-average quality. It also holds some U.S. stocks. The $1.0-billion fund’s 10 largest holdings are TD Bank, Shoppers Drug Mart, Power Financial, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, First Capital Realty, Thomson Reuters Corporation, Brookfield Asset Management, Royal Bank of Canada, C.I. Financial Corp. and EnCana Corporation. AIC Diversified Canada holds just 21 stocks. The fund holds 43.9% of its assets in financial-services stocks. The rest of the portfolio breaks down as follows: energy, 15.2%; consumer staples, 10.6%; consumer discretionary, 8.0%; health care, 7.4%; and information technology, 3.6%. Over the last year, AIC Diversified Canada Fund lost 20.4%. The S&P/TSX Index lost 25.7% over the same period. The fund’s MER is 2.39%. AIC Diversified Canada Fund is a buy.