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Desjardins American Equity Growth Currency Neutral Fund A Class

U.S. Equity

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$21.37
Change
-$1.32 (-5.82%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Desjardins American Equity Growth Currency Neutral Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 11, 2016): 12.26%

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 -4.23% -2.70% 4.83% -1.83% 12.49% 24.20% 7.37% 4.62% 10.76% 11.30% 10.73% 12.38% - -
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 1,093 / 1,336 1,215 / 1,327 1,144 / 1,318 1,252 / 1,328 1,157 / 1,292 586 / 1,210 1,059 / 1,141 1,071 / 1,086 921 / 1,023 752 / 955 630 / 868 423 / 794 - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.74% -5.58% 4.39% 4.98% 0.08% 1.84% 1.97% -1.39% 7.15% -0.88% 2.50% -4.23%
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

15.69% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.84% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 28.98% -2.54% 36.74% 32.65% 11.73% -34.63% 35.21% 24.44%
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 - - 1 3 1 1 4 4 1 3
Category Rank - - 26/ 770 592/ 856 11/ 928 80/ 1,004 1,027/ 1,069 1,099/ 1,124 134/ 1,187 844/ 1,283

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

36.74% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-34.63% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 93.92
Cash and Equivalents 2.49
International Equity 2.09
Canadian Equity 1.50

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 47.53
Consumer Services 13.26
Healthcare 10.24
Financial Services 9.69
Consumer Goods 4.32
Other 14.96

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.91
Europe 1.29
Africa and Middle East 0.36
Asia 0.36
Latin America 0.07
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Desjardins American Equity Growth Fund I Class 98.63
USD Currency Forward 1.54
Cash and Cash Equivalents -0.17

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 Currency Neutral Fund A Class

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 20.63% 21.54% -
Beta 1.42% 1.44% -
Alpha -0.15% -0.14% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.86% -
Sharpe 0.26% 0.47% -
Sortino 0.44% 0.67% -
Treynor 0.04% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 96.71% -
Volatility 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 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.81% 20.63% 21.54% -
Beta 1.31% 1.42% 1.44% -
Alpha -0.18% -0.15% -0.14% -
Rsquared 0.85% 0.88% 0.86% -
Sharpe 0.66% 0.26% 0.47% -
Sortino 1.26% 0.44% 0.67% -
Treynor 0.07% 0.04% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 96.71% -

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 April 11, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $36

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00162

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. To achieve this, it invests primarily in the units of mutual funds which, in turn, invest primarily in equity and equity-related securities of companies located in the United States. The Fund also aims to keep exposure to exchange rate fluctuations of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar at a minimum by implementing an exchange rate hedging strategy in respect of the mutual fund units that it holds.

Investment Strategy

The Fund will invest in units of American equity funds managed by the Manager that are consistent with the investment objective of the Fund. The decision to invest in an underlying fund is based on the portfolio manager’s assessment of the market outlook and the underlying fund’s ability to help the Fund meet its investment objective. Currently, the Fund invests primarily in the units of the Desjardins American Equity Growth Fund (the “Underlying Fund”).

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

-

Investment Minimums

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