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Caldwell North American Fund Series A

North American Equity

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NAVPS
(02-11-2025)
$18.82
Change
-$0.05 (-0.27%)

As at January 31, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Caldwell North American Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 25, 2012): 8.74%

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 4.29% 8.05% 10.82% 4.29% 22.67% 16.49% 11.26% 12.75% 11.11% 10.39% 8.30% 7.66% 7.79% 6.83%
Benchmark 3.47% 8.51% 13.82% 3.47% 30.92% 21.49% 13.47% 16.01% 14.45% 15.15% 13.26% 13.23% 13.71% 12.19%
Category Average 4.39% 6.49% 8.86% 4.39% 21.94% 16.62% 9.15% 10.11% 11.08% 11.73% 9.45% 10.01% 9.94% 8.83%
Category Rank 83 / 188 89 / 188 94 / 182 83 / 188 106 / 181 104 / 174 81 / 166 66 / 141 65 / 122 74 / 114 57 / 84 67 / 81 64 / 72 36 / 43
Quartile Ranking 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Fund 3.44% 2.38% -1.20% 1.51% 1.65% 2.52% -0.60% 1.28% 1.88% 5.97% -2.23% 4.29%
Benchmark 4.26% 3.60% -2.26% 3.45% 1.28% 4.00% 0.64% 2.69% 1.48% 6.48% -1.51% 3.47%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.75% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.86% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 3.71% 6.51% 2.28% -8.41% 11.95% 6.55% 22.37% -5.65% 9.77% 20.49%
Benchmark 5.50% 14.85% 11.54% -2.58% 24.09% 10.91% 26.72% -9.17% 17.51% 28.77%
Category Average 6.38% 4.55% 10.59% -6.12% 20.45% 16.55% 18.87% -14.77% 16.96% 18.75%
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 3
Category Rank 22/ 43 44/ 72 81/ 81 59/ 83 85/ 95 79/ 121 56/ 141 43/ 147 127/ 174 102/ 181

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.37% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.41% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 54.43
Canadian Equity 36.37
Cash and Equivalents 3.60
International Equity 3.13
Income Trust Units 2.47

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 19.31
Technology 15.97
Healthcare 12.32
Energy 11.90
Real Estate 10.46
Other 30.04

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.88
Europe 3.13
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Amazon.com Inc 7.22
JPMorgan Chase & Co 5.61
Boston Scientific Corp 5.00
Motorola Solutions Inc 4.99
Royal Bank of Canada 4.85
Microsoft Corp 4.73
Element Fleet Management Corp 4.43
Visa Inc Cl A 4.41
ANSYS Inc 4.26
Stantec Inc 4.09

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)

Caldwell North American Fund Series A

Median

Other - North American Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.86% 11.95% 10.50%
Beta 0.66% 0.75% 0.79%
Alpha 0.02% 0.00% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.78% 0.82% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.76% 0.75% 0.53%
Sortino 1.54% 1.13% 0.60%
Treynor 0.11% 0.12% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.99% 9.86% 11.95% 10.50%
Beta 0.85% 0.66% 0.75% 0.79%
Alpha -0.03% 0.02% 0.00% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.84% 0.78% 0.82% 0.81%
Sharpe 2.08% 0.76% 0.75% 0.53%
Sortino 5.97% 1.54% 1.13% 0.60%
Treynor 0.20% 0.11% 0.12% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

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

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

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 June 25, 2012
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CWF001
CWF011
CWF101

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of the Fund is to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of Canadian and international companies

Investment Strategy

The portfolio advisor employs a combination of quantitative and fundamental analysis in order to seek to identify individual investments which offer attractive risk-adjusted return potential.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Caldwell Investment Management Ltd. 07-03-2003

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Caldwell Investment Management Ltd.
Advisor Caldwell Investment Management Ltd.
Custodian CIBC Mellon Trust Company
Registrar SGGG Fund Services Inc.
Distributor Caldwell Securities Ltd.
Auditor Deloitte LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.79%
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) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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