AIC Diversified Canada Fund $42.87

AIC DIVERSIFIED CANADA FUND $42.87 (CWA Rating: Conservative) mainly holds shares of Canadian companies of average or above-average quality. It also holds stocks of some U.S. firms. The $1.0 billion fund’s 10 largest holdings are Power Financial, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, TD Bank, Shoppers Drug Mart, FedEx, Thomson Reuters Corporation, Brookfield Asset Management, Royal Bank of Canada, Manulife Financial and Johnson & Johnson. AIC Diversified Canada holds just 17 stocks. The fund holds 49.6% 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%; Industrials, 3.6%; and Conglomerates, 2.3%. Over the last year, the S&P/TSX Index gained 0.6%, as strength in Resource sector stocks somewhat offset weakness in Financial services. The fund lost 8.3%. Its MER is 2.44%. AIC Diversified Canada Fund is a buy.