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Forester Growth Funds - Equity

Canadian Equity

FundGrade A Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade A

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Fundata ESG GradeD Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2014, 2013

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NAVPS
(03-31-2025)
$259.42
Change -

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Forester Growth Funds - Equity

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 31, 1989): 9.36%

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 2.71% 2.23% 7.80% 5.12% 15.42% 15.30% 11.85% 13.13% 12.38% 9.32% 7.83% 7.27% 8.34% 6.57%
Benchmark -0.40% -0.31% 10.31% 3.06% 22.45% 15.63% 9.72% 12.23% 12.73% 11.38% 10.72% 9.76% 11.18% 8.50%
Category Average -0.29% -0.58% 7.87% 2.49% 17.19% 12.64% 8.17% 10.97% 11.01% 9.68% 8.80% 7.99% 9.18% 6.94%
Category Rank 10 / 645 1 / 645 295 / 621 1 / 645 382 / 621 16 / 585 1 / 572 45 / 567 71 / 555 178 / 489 181 / 353 152 / 353 141 / 349 92 / 334
Quartile Ranking 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 0.12% -1.99% 2.26% 0.14% 6.05% 0.47% 2.01% -0.87% 4.27% -2.75% 2.35% 2.71%
Benchmark 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

21.84% (October 1991)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.50% (August 1998)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -2.42% 15.61% 7.55% -12.51% 6.94% 6.39% 19.97% -2.03% 12.98% 17.40%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.15% 16.46% 6.89% -9.47% 19.21% 3.42% 23.26% -4.82% 9.85% 17.87%
Quartile Ranking 2 2 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 2
Category Rank 95/ 334 141/ 349 79/ 353 294/ 353 488/ 489 110/ 550 468/ 567 135/ 572 17/ 583 270/ 621

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.97% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.51% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 100.00

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 24.61
Consumer Services 23.15
Industrial Services 22.17
Technology 14.81
Telecommunications 5.51
Other 9.75

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Constellation Software Inc 6.04
Dollarama Inc 5.53
Metro Inc 5.45
Intact Financial Corp 5.27
Waste Connections Inc 5.11
Royal Bank of Canada 4.98
Thomson Reuters Corp 4.65
CGI Inc Cl A 4.62
TMX Group Ltd 4.62
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 4.35

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)

Forester Growth Funds - Equity

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.48% 12.00% 10.61%
Beta 0.66% 0.67% 0.73%
Alpha 0.05% 0.03% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.77% 0.78% 0.78%
Sharpe 0.76% 0.84% 0.50%
Sortino 1.48% 1.26% 0.56%
Treynor 0.12% 0.15% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating Not Available

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.82% 10.48% 12.00% 10.61%
Beta 0.67% 0.66% 0.67% 0.73%
Alpha 0.01% 0.05% 0.03% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.65% 0.77% 0.78% 0.78%
Sharpe 1.21% 0.76% 0.84% 0.50%
Sortino 3.01% 1.48% 1.26% 0.56%
Treynor 0.16% 0.12% 0.15% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

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

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

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

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 January 31, 1989
Instrument Type Segregated Fund
Share Class -
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Capped
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency No Distribution
Assets ($mil) $17

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
IOF102

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide long term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing mainly in publicly traded securities of Canadian corporate and other issuers.

Investment Strategy

To identify, based on the forecast economic climate those companies which will benefit and experience capital appreciation.

Portfolio Management

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

The Independent Order of Foresters

Custodian

-

Registrar

-

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.08%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load Front Fee Only
FE Max -
DSC Max 7.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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