CIBC Canadian Equity Fund $27.77

CIBC CANADIAN EQUITY FUND $27.77 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (CIBC Securities, 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7. 1-800-631-7008; Website: www.cibc.com. No load — deal directly with the company.) uses a “bottom-up” approach (using fundamentals such as earnings, cash flow and low debt) to identify companies that trade at reasonable valuations and yet have growth potential. The $662.8 million fund’s top holdings are Petro- Canada, EnCana, Manulife Financial, Teck Cominco, Bank of Nova Scotia, TD Bank, Canadian National Railway, Brookfield Asset Management, BCE Inc. and Alcan. CIBC Canadian Equity holds 38% of its portfolio in Financial services stocks and 25% in Energy stocks. The fund’s ten-year annualized gain is 7.7%, compared to a gain of 10.1% for the S&P/TSX. CIBC Canadian Equity made 22.7% over the last year, compared to a gain of 22.7% for the S&P/TSX. The fund’s MER is 2.29%. CIBC Canadian Equity Fund is a buy.

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