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Desjardins American Equity Growth Fund A Class

U.S. Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021, 2020

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NAVPS
(01-29-2026)
$25.72
Change
-$0.38 (-1.47%)

As at December 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

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Desjardins American Equity Growth Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 16, 2009): 14.28%

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 -2.96% 0.54% 7.72% 8.04% 8.04% 21.33% 25.47% 8.82% 9.33% 13.21% 15.65% 14.53% 15.28% 13.32%
Benchmark -1.89% 1.07% 11.51% 12.28% 12.28% 23.58% 23.49% 13.30% 16.12% 16.11% 17.37% 15.60% 15.40% 14.71%
Category Average -1.41% 0.63% 8.14% 8.65% 8.65% 17.46% 17.92% 8.84% 11.58% 11.97% 13.45% 11.36% 11.59% 11.04%
Category Rank 1,208 / 1,391 759 / 1,379 828 / 1,359 717 / 1,294 717 / 1,294 442 / 1,250 175 / 1,164 637 / 1,108 829 / 1,063 435 / 998 297 / 924 194 / 852 120 / 767 181 / 689
Quartile Ranking 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund 3.73% -4.71% -8.70% -2.11% 7.58% 5.54% 3.86% -0.71% 3.90% 3.71% -0.10% -2.96%
Benchmark 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21% 3.75% 1.28% 5.00% 3.05% -0.03% -1.89%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.07% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.99% (April 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund -2.90% 21.50% 6.94% 31.46% 34.80% 11.38% -29.01% 34.18% 36.25% 8.04%
Benchmark 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01% 12.28%
Category Average 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98% 8.65%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 3
Category Rank 632/ 689 130/ 767 124/ 852 86/ 924 57/ 998 1,026/ 1,063 1,030/ 1,108 139/ 1,164 276/ 1,250 717/ 1,294

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

36.25% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-29.01% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 93.37
International Equity 3.83
Canadian Equity 1.73
Cash and Equivalents 1.07

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 50.36
Healthcare 12.02
Consumer Services 10.95
Financial Services 8.35
Industrial Goods 4.72
Other 13.60

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.17
Europe 1.58
Asia 1.22
Latin America 0.53
Africa and Middle East 0.50

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
NVIDIA Corp 9.42
Microsoft Corp 8.46
Apple Inc 7.47
Alphabet Inc Cl C 5.47
Amazon.com Inc 4.60
Broadcom Inc 4.30
Eli Lilly and Co 3.26
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 2.32
Mastercard Inc Cl A 2.19
Tesla Inc 1.77

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)

Desjardins American Equity Growth Fund A Class

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.84% 16.64% 16.00%
Beta 1.18% 1.18% 1.16%
Alpha -0.02% -0.08% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.86% 0.87%
Sharpe 1.44% 0.46% 0.75%
Sortino 2.76% 0.65% 1.08%
Treynor 0.17% 0.06% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 90.81% 84.33% 88.63%
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 9 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 16.54% 13.84% 16.64% 16.00%
Beta 1.16% 1.18% 1.18% 1.16%
Alpha -0.05% -0.02% -0.08% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.88% 0.87% 0.86% 0.87%
Sharpe 0.39% 1.44% 0.46% 0.75%
Sortino 0.55% 2.76% 0.65% 1.08%
Treynor 0.06% 0.17% 0.06% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 55.06% 90.81% 84.33% 88.63%

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

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Fundata S Score

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Fundata G Score

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Fund Details

Start Date January 16, 2009
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $2,251

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00072

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to achieve long-term capital growth. The Fund invests primarily in equity and equity-related securities of United States companies and/or units of mutual funds which themselves invest primarily in equity and equity-related securities of United States companies.

Investment Strategy

The management of equity securities is assigned to a sub-manager who favours a growth management style. The sub-manager invests in securities of all caps that demonstrate high growth in terms of income and earnings or a significant potential for growth, primarily in U.S. markets. The sub-manager looks for companies that display superior income, earnings or cash flow growth.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Wellington Management Canada ULC

  • Andrew Shilling

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.08%
Management Fee 1.63%
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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