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Desjardins American Equity Value Fund A Class

U.S. Equity

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$23.70
Change
-$1.18 (-4.76%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Desjardins American Equity Value Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 12, 2004): 5.79%

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 -0.49% 0.69% 8.40% 4.66% 17.67% 12.43% 8.82% 10.78% 11.29% 9.56% 8.56% 7.87% 9.30% 8.09%
Benchmark -1.62% 2.05% 13.55% 1.79% 25.98% 28.01% 17.48% 17.23% 18.56% 17.15% 15.74% 15.38% 16.17% 14.61%
Category Average -2.55% -0.30% 8.98% 1.42% 18.49% 21.72% 12.57% 12.21% 14.32% 12.93% 11.60% 11.56% 12.43% 10.56%
Category Rank 171 / 1,336 700 / 1,327 885 / 1,318 138 / 1,328 816 / 1,292 1,149 / 1,210 1,015 / 1,141 823 / 1,086 887 / 1,023 867 / 955 789 / 868 744 / 794 635 / 701 589 / 650
Quartile Ranking 1 3 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 4.14% -1.93% 2.38% -0.60% 4.56% -0.11% 0.95% 1.16% 5.41% -3.79% 5.18% -0.49%
Benchmark 3.07% -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.70% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.14% (September 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 16.09% 8.37% 4.40% -2.98% 20.65% -1.81% 24.39% 0.16% 2.52% 17.34%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 3 1 4 3 4 4 2 1 4 4
Category Rank 327/ 645 170/ 693 761/ 770 619/ 856 743/ 928 976/ 1,004 522/ 1,069 99/ 1,124 1,147/ 1,187 1,156/ 1,283

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

24.39% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-2.98% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 82.44
International Equity 14.96
Cash and Equivalents 1.71
Canadian Equity 0.89

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 23.64
Healthcare 15.95
Technology 8.85
Industrial Goods 8.70
Energy 7.97
Other 34.89

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 85.04
Europe 13.96
Asia 1.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.54
UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.06
Bank of America Corp 2.96
Wells Fargo & Co 2.82
Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc 2.53
Gilead Sciences Inc 2.48
Unilever PLC - ADR 2.47
Morgan Stanley 2.02
American International Group Inc 1.98
Williams Cos Inc 1.95

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 Value Fund A Class

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.46% 12.60% 12.00%
Beta 0.67% 0.74% 0.82%
Alpha -0.02% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.63% 0.66% 0.76%
Sharpe 0.46% 0.73% 0.57%
Sortino 0.90% 1.17% 0.71%
Treynor 0.08% 0.12% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 85.87% 90.66% 91.78%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 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 10.29% 11.46% 12.60% 12.00%
Beta 0.80% 0.67% 0.74% 0.82%
Alpha -0.02% -0.02% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.49% 0.63% 0.66% 0.76%
Sharpe 1.24% 0.46% 0.73% 0.57%
Sortino 2.93% 0.90% 1.17% 0.71%
Treynor 0.16% 0.08% 0.12% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 91.34% 85.87% 90.66% 91.78%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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 12, 2004
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $1,738

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00040

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. The Fund’s portfolio consists primarily of equity securities of companies in the United States. Any modification of the fundamental investment objective must be approved by the unitholders by a majority vote at a meeting called for this purpose.

Investment Strategy

The management of equity securities is assigned to a sub-manager who favours a bottom-up investment strategy that is based on a disciplined valuation of the quality and valorization of companies. It invests mainly in large capitalization corporations that are leaders in their market and whose securities are interestingly priced or temporarily out of favour, mainly on the American market.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Wellington Management Canada ULC

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 2.18%
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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