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Middlefield Global Agriculture Class Series A

Sector Equity

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NAVPS
(10-09-2024)
$23.86
Change
$0.02 (0.07%)

As at September 30, 2024

As at September 30, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Middlefield Global Agriculture Class Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 26, 2009): 5.85%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 2.61% 5.26% -0.75% 4.14% 3.22% -1.00% -0.63% 3.93% 2.83% 2.01% 2.31% 3.03% 3.72% 3.72%
Benchmark 3.15% 10.54% 9.96% 17.24% 26.74% 17.83% 9.52% 13.87% 10.95% 10.29% 9.65% 9.59% 10.09% 8.09%
Category Average 1.27% 6.23% 6.23% 17.34% 29.11% 23.71% 5.28% 9.71% 12.50% 10.50% 11.86% 11.82% 11.68% 11.94%
Category Rank 75 / 199 59 / 195 172 / 190 165 / 189 167 / 185 142 / 156 124 / 147 106 / 132 114 / 127 104 / 116 94 / 99 83 / 86 79 / 84 68 / 68
Quartile Ranking 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Fund -5.38% 1.09% 3.61% -4.39% 4.19% 5.32% -4.05% 1.11% -2.81% 2.80% -0.21% 2.61%
Benchmark -3.21% 7.48% 3.91% 0.55% 1.82% 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.41% (August 2010)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.08% (September 2011)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 14.59% 5.23% 5.15% 10.70% -11.29% 12.12% 6.99% 15.90% -1.06% -11.95%
Benchmark 10.55% -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75%
Category Average 17.30% 16.21% -0.43% 20.39% 1.55% 22.37% 29.99% 15.34% -25.24% 26.53%
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 1 4
Category Rank 56/ 68 65/ 79 39/ 86 63/ 86 96/ 106 105/ 117 114/ 127 72/ 132 27/ 149 158/ 161

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

15.90% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.95% (2023)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 74.98
Canadian Equity 12.10
Income Trust Units 7.33
International Equity 3.33
Cash and Equivalents 2.26

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Basic Materials 29.45
Consumer Goods 26.92
Industrial Goods 17.76
Consumer Services 15.06
Healthcare 8.55
Other 2.26

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.67
Asia 3.33

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Caterpillar Inc 8.44
Corteva Inc 7.93
US Foods Holding Corp 7.74
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund - Units 7.33
Tractor Supply Co 7.32
CF Industries Holdings Inc 6.94
AG Growth International Inc 6.48
Deere & Co 6.00
Nutrien Ltd 5.62
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 5.37

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Middlefield Global Agriculture Class Series A

Median

Other - Sector Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 17.47% 15.72% 13.34%
Beta 1.09% 0.78% 0.75%
Alpha -0.10% -0.05% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.72% 0.61% 0.51%
Sharpe -0.14% 0.11% 0.22%
Sortino -0.17% 0.09% 0.16%
Treynor -0.02% 0.02% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency - 100.00% 100.00%
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.67% 17.47% 15.72% 13.34%
Beta 0.88% 1.09% 0.78% 0.75%
Alpha -0.18% -0.10% -0.05% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.58% 0.72% 0.61% 0.51%
Sharpe -0.06% -0.14% 0.11% 0.22%
Sortino 0.10% -0.17% 0.09% 0.16%
Treynor -0.01% -0.02% 0.02% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - 100.00% 100.00%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

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Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date May 26, 2009
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $4

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MID161
MID163
MID166

Investment Objectives

The Fund's objective is to provide long-term growth of capital. Investments will primarily be in equity securities of issuers operating in the agricultural sector.

Investment Strategy

In determining which individual investments to include in the portfolio the Manager will consider: a company's balance sheet, cash flow characteristics, profitability, industry position, future growth potential and management ability. The investment strategy follows strong disciplines with regard to price paid to acquire portfolio investments.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Robert F. Lauzon 01-14-2021
Dennis da Silva 07-12-2022

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Middlefield Limited (ML)
Advisor Middlefield Capital Corporation (MCC)
Custodian RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Registrar RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Distributor Middlefield Capital Corporation (MCC)
Auditor Deloitte and Touche LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 3.05%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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