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Barometer Balanced Fund Class A

Global Equity Balanced

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2017

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NAVPS
(05-15-2025)
$11.11
Change
$0.10 (0.87%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Barometer Balanced Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (December 31, 2014): 4.45%

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 -1.69% -4.45% -2.70% -3.68% 4.78% 5.93% 0.75% 2.61% 6.49% 4.42% 3.84% 3.63% 4.60% 4.31%
Benchmark -2.54% -5.91% 0.78% -2.84% 11.49% 12.43% 10.67% 6.78% 9.16% 7.82% 7.95% 7.59% 8.99% 8.19%
Category Average -1.92% -5.08% 0.21% -1.93% 8.87% 9.22% 7.36% 4.70% 7.93% 5.91% 5.80% 5.41% 6.28% 5.36%
Category Rank 436 / 1,330 483 / 1,329 1,239 / 1,328 1,133 / 1,329 1,215 / 1,308 1,148 / 1,235 1,206 / 1,211 965 / 1,087 822 / 1,029 876 / 1,004 805 / 876 715 / 789 676 / 745 527 / 606
Quartile Ranking 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 3.46% 0.01% 2.08% 1.26% 0.37% 0.32% 4.00% -2.87% 0.80% -1.26% -1.57% -1.69%
Benchmark 2.36% 2.01% 3.06% -0.02% 2.38% 0.42% 3.57% 0.16% 3.26% -0.48% -3.00% -2.54%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.82% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.17% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 4.28% 10.74% 7.56% -8.35% 8.00% 5.39% 19.37% -6.99% -1.13% 14.44%
Benchmark 17.03% 3.66% 11.99% 0.72% 16.29% 12.17% 11.33% -12.03% 15.07% 21.57%
Category Average 4.87% 4.92% 9.31% -5.49% 15.12% 8.09% 12.42% -11.85% 11.42% 15.99%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4
Category Rank 464/ 592 42/ 682 631/ 776 808/ 849 923/ 941 789/ 1,026 50/ 1,075 120/ 1,172 1,202/ 1,221 1,010/ 1,304

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.37% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.35% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 32.81
Canadian Corporate Bonds 31.16
US Equity 19.02
Cash and Equivalents 8.03
International Equity 3.22
Other 5.76

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 33.82
Energy 15.89
Financial Services 13.10
Basic Materials 10.19
Cash and Cash Equivalent 8.03
Other 18.97

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 93.68
Europe 3.22
Multi-National 3.10

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
ATS Corp. 6.50% 21-Aug-2032 5.62
2122256 Alberta Ltd 7.25% 26-Feb-2030 5.25
United States Treasury 0.25% 30-Sep-2025 4.86
Air Canada 4.63% 15-Aug-2029 4.83
Rogers Communications Inc 5.63% 15-Apr-2055 3.94
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 3.57
Intact Financial Corp 3.53
Howmet Aerospace Inc 3.45
WSP Global Inc 3.43
Enbridge Inc 3.42

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)

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Barometer Balanced Fund Class A

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.74% 9.14% 8.26%
Beta 0.70% 0.69% 0.67%
Alpha -0.06% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.63% 0.52% 0.55%
Sharpe -0.32% 0.47% 0.35%
Sortino -0.28% 0.59% 0.25%
Treynor -0.04% 0.06% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency - 69.82% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.23% 8.74% 9.14% 8.26%
Beta 0.69% 0.70% 0.69% 0.67%
Alpha -0.03% -0.06% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.53% 0.63% 0.52% 0.55%
Sharpe 0.17% -0.32% 0.47% 0.35%
Sortino 0.44% -0.28% 0.59% 0.25%
Treynor 0.02% -0.04% 0.06% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 64.41% - 69.82% -

Fund Details

Start Date December 31, 2014
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $21

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BCM870

Investment Objectives

The Fund's objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and fixed income securities without geographic restrictions. The Fund's holdings are also not restricted by market capitalization, size, or sector. However, due to our strict liquidity requirements, we focus our investments in actively traded equity and income securities.

Investment Strategy

We use our Disciplined Leadership Approach to manage the investment portfolio of the Fund.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Barometer Capital Management Inc.

  • Gregory Guichon
  • David Burrows
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Barometer Capital Management Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

-

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 1,000
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 0
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 2.84%
Management Fee 1.95%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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