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BMO Monthly High Income Fund II Series A

Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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NAVPS
(05-01-2024)
$12.70
Change
$0.00 (-0.03%)

As at March 31, 2024

As at March 31, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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BMO Monthly High Income Fund II Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 01, 2013): 5.12%

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 4.19% 4.27% 11.38% 4.27% 8.91% 0.22% 7.80% 14.45% 6.87% 6.44% 4.90% 5.86% 4.60% 4.21%
Benchmark 4.14% 6.62% 15.26% 6.62% 13.96% 3.95% 9.11% 16.99% 9.96% 9.65% 8.48% 9.70% 7.76% 7.67%
Category Average 2.88% 13.24% 13.24% 5.34% 9.89% 1.74% 7.86% 13.92% 7.75% 7.60% 6.53% 7.55% 6.30% 6.18%
Category Rank 27 / 458 398 / 453 405 / 451 398 / 453 353 / 448 390 / 437 255 / 410 221 / 396 303 / 387 319 / 360 304 / 336 275 / 308 244 / 268 243 / 256
Quartile Ranking 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 2.90% -5.36% 2.35% 2.43% -0.94% -3.32% -2.89% 6.55% 3.23% -0.51% 0.59% 4.19%
Benchmark 2.90% -4.95% 3.36% 2.58% -1.37% -3.33% -3.21% 7.48% 3.91% 0.55% 1.82% 4.14%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

13.89% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-20.61% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 3.73% -9.80% 19.80% 3.73% -11.97% 18.34% -7.99% 29.05% -0.20% 5.56%
Benchmark 10.55% -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75%
Category Average 8.23% -6.21% 17.48% 7.25% -7.75% 18.42% -1.18% 26.41% -3.72% 7.17%
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 1 4
Category Rank 218/ 244 233/ 267 109/ 303 273/ 334 337/ 359 210/ 381 375/ 396 125/ 408 48/ 431 389/ 442

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

29.05% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.97% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 81.92
Income Trust Units 10.87
US Equity 4.15
Cash and Equivalents 3.05
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 28.84
Energy 25.04
Basic Materials 7.73
Utilities 6.74
Real Estate 6.16
Other 25.49

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.00
Latin America 3.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 6.64
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 6.39
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.47
Suncor Energy Inc 4.54
Canadian National Railway Co 4.46
Bank of Montreal 4.41
Enbridge Inc 4.21
Manulife Financial Corp 3.97
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 3.80
Open Text Corp 3.62

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)

BMO Monthly High Income Fund II Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.57% 16.09% 12.74%
Beta 0.88% 0.96% 0.93%
Alpha 0.00% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.87% 0.86%
Sharpe 0.45% 0.38% 0.28%
Sortino 0.61% 0.42% 0.21%
Treynor 0.06% 0.06% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 68.69% 64.21% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 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 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.05% 12.57% 16.09% 12.74%
Beta 0.93% 0.88% 0.96% 0.93%
Alpha -0.04% 0.00% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.98% 0.87% 0.87% 0.86%
Sharpe 0.37% 0.45% 0.38% 0.28%
Sortino 0.83% 0.61% 0.42% 0.21%
Treynor 0.05% 0.06% 0.06% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 73.61% 68.69% 64.21% -

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 April 01, 2013
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $758

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO156
BMO70156

Investment Objectives

This fund's objective is to generate a high level of monthly distributions with moderate volatility by investing primarily in a portfolio of trust units, equity securities and fixed income securities.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests in common equities and real estate investment trusts, generally with large market capitalizations and above average dividend yields; may invest in fixed income securities, primarily consisting of Canadian government and corporate issues of any maturity or credit rating; may invest up to 20% of the fund’s assets in foreign securities; may use general ESG integration in the investment process.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Kevin Hall 10-10-2002
Michele Robitaille 06-01-2003

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BMO Investments Inc.
Advisor Guardian Capital LP
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar BMO Investments Inc.
Distributor BMO Investments Inc.
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.11%
Management Fee 1.85%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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