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ABC American-Value Fund

North American Equity

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NAVPS
(11-28-2025)
$26.55
Change -

As at November 30, 2025

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ABC American-Value Fund

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 02, 1996): 9.22%

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 -1.05% 11.60% 23.25% 19.69% 22.96% 30.79% 29.05% 14.44% 17.42% 17.49% 16.84% 15.32% 16.47% 14.65%
Benchmark 1.91% 9.37% 19.97% 22.09% 20.24% 27.16% 20.54% 14.75% 16.72% 15.48% 15.55% 13.97% 13.95% 13.77%
Category Average -1.46% 0.41% 8.35% 7.28% 3.81% 15.33% 12.50% 6.82% 9.33% 10.00% 10.17% 9.00% 9.30% 8.62%
Category Rank 36 / 78 9 / 78 6 / 78 11 / 68 7 / 64 7 / 55 1 / 51 2 / 48 2 / 41 6 / 38 3 / 35 1 / 34 1 / 26 1 / 19
Quartile Ranking 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 2.73% 2.76% -3.67% -8.57% -2.19% 9.71% 6.32% 3.27% 0.58% 5.83% 6.57% -1.05%
Benchmark -1.51% 3.47% -1.01% -3.77% -2.34% 5.72% 3.56% 2.72% 3.12% 5.20% 2.01% 1.91%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.67% (July 1997)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.01% (October 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 2.55% 3.13% 21.87% -4.00% 26.39% 18.44% 28.88% -26.80% 40.83% 37.32%
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 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1
Category Rank 5/ 18 15/ 19 1/ 26 2/ 34 13/ 35 14/ 39 12/ 41 43/ 48 3/ 51 1/ 55

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

40.83% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-26.80% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 82.04
Canadian Equity 9.13
International Equity 7.27
Income Trust Units 1.70
Cash and Equivalents -0.13

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 63.64
Financial Services 9.68
Consumer Services 6.98
Industrial Goods 6.15
Healthcare 5.15
Other 8.40

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 91.20
Europe 7.27
Latin America 1.54

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
NVIDIA Corp 15.11
Broadcom Inc 9.47
Alphabet Inc Cl A 7.53
Apple Inc 6.98
Microsoft Corp 6.09
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 5.47
Amazon.com Inc 5.23
Micron Technology Inc 4.19
ServiceNow Inc 2.64
ARM Holdings PLC - ADR 2.52

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)

ABC American-Value Fund

Median

Other - North American Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.84% 17.12% 16.42%
Beta 1.14% 1.23% 1.21%
Alpha 0.05% -0.02% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.60% 0.71% 0.78%
Sharpe 1.46% 0.87% 0.81%
Sortino 2.79% 1.34% 1.11%
Treynor 0.20% 0.12% 0.11%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating Not Available

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 17.76% 15.84% 17.12% 16.42%
Beta 1.39% 1.14% 1.23% 1.21%
Alpha -0.04% 0.05% -0.02% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.68% 0.60% 0.71% 0.78%
Sharpe 1.10% 1.46% 0.87% 0.81%
Sortino 1.92% 2.79% 1.34% 1.11%
Treynor 0.14% 0.20% 0.12% 0.11%
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 May 02, 1996
Instrument Type Exempt Product
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $100

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
ABC003

Investment Objectives

ABC American-Value Fund seeks fundamentally attractive American, special situation and foreign U.S. stock exchange listed common shares. The objective of the Fund is to pursue long-term capital appreciation and dividend income by investing in a diversified portfolio of all-capitalization American equity securities. Using the same research approach as our two Canadian ABC Funds, the American market due to its sheer size provides us with extensive investment opportunities.

Investment Strategy

Our investment strategy is to search for American common stocks which offer long-term value, income and growth opportunities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

I.A. Michael Investment Counsel Ltd.

  • Irwin A. Michael
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

I.A. Michael Investment Counsel Ltd.

Custodian

Royal Trust Corporation of Canada

Registrar

-

Distributor

I.A. Michael Investment Counsel Ltd.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25,000
PAC Subsequent 1,000
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 2.31%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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