TRIMARK U.S. COMPANIES FUND $5.88

TRIMARK U.S. COMPANIES FUND $5.88 (CWA Rating: Conservative) invests in U.S. companies that the managers see as inexpensive in relation to earnings, cash flow and other valuation measures. The top holdings of this $107.7 million fund are Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo & Co., Target Corporation, Ametek Inc., KLA-Tencor, Paxair, Affilitated Managers Group, Omnicom Group, PepsiCo and General Electric. The fund’s one-year gain in Canadian dollars is 7.5%, compared to the S&P 500’s gain of 13.8% in Canadian funds. Its MER is 2.59%. Trimark U.S. Companies Fund is still a buy.

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