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TD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FUND $15.37 (CWA Rating: Aggressive) (TD Asset Management, P.O. Box 7500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario. M5W1P9. 1-800-461-3863; Web site: www.tdcanadatrust.com. No load — deal directly with the company) invests mostly in U.S. firms. The fund’s gain over the last year was 7.8%. The Nasdaq index rose 6.5%. The $135.5 million fund’s manager is well-respected U.S. mutual fund manager T. Rowe Price Associates. Its MER is 2.79%. TD Science & Technology’s top holdings include: Microsoft, 5.1%; Juniper Networks, 3.0%; Samsung Electronics, 2.8%; Yahoo!, 2.8%; American Tower, 2.5%; Google, 2.5%; Hoya Corporation, 2.4%; Cisco Systems, 2.4%; Taiwan Semiconductor, 2.2%; and Adobe Systems, 2.1%. TD Science & Technology Fund is a buy for aggressive investors only....

S&P DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS $131 (American Exchange symbol SPY; buy or sell through brokers) are commonly called ‘Spiders’. The fund holds the stocks in the S&P 500 Index. This index is comprised of 500 major U.S. stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation....

The best exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios with very low management fees. Due to buyback and share issue arrangements, ETFs always trade close to their net asset value. Here are some of the best deals available in ETFs. We’ve also analysed one we don’t like. ISHARES CDN LARGECAP 60 INDEX FUND $68.83 (Toronto symbol XIU; buy or sell through a broker) (formerly called iUnits S&P/TSX 60 Index Participation Fund) is a good low-fee way to buy the top stocks on the TSE. The units hold a basket of stocks that represent the S&P/TSX 60 Index. The index is made up of the 60 largest and most heavily traded stocks on the TSE....