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Fund Price: $10.00 (as at November 20, 2009) Current Yield: 0.01%

Returns as at October 31, 2009

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
3 Months 0.00% 0.01% 0.03%
6 Months 0.00% 0.06% 0.08%
1 Year 0.25% 0.46% 0.15%
2 Year Avg 1.10% 1.43% 1.00%
3 Year Avg 2.22% 2.20% 2.20%
5 Year Avg 2.53% 2.41% 2.80%
10 Year Avg 2.34% 2.36% 2.76%
15 Year Avg 3.07% 3.13% 3.50%
20 Year Avg 3.49% 3.40% 3.82%
Since Inception 3.70% - -
 
2008 1.51% 1.95% 1.33%
2007 4.35% 3.92% 4.37%
2006 4.22% 3.92% 4.73%
 
3 year risk 0.52 0.48 0.54
3 year beta 0.76 0.64 1.00

*U.S. 91-Day Treasury Bills

Growth of $10,000

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value compared with the U.S. 91-Day Treasury Bills.

Risk Measures as at October 31, 2009

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Dec 89): 8.73 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending Jun 04): 0.17 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Volatility meter (Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com)
Low VOLATILITY METER: 1 High

Fund Objectives

Investment objective of the fund is to obtain maximum income while preserving capital and liquidity. Primary investments of the fund are on U.S. dollar money market instruments.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: AGF Funds Inc.
Managed by: AGF Funds Inc.
Fund Type: MF Trust
Inception Date: December 1988
Asset Class: U.S. Money Market
Quartile Rank: 2 (3YR ending October 31, 2009)
Total Assets: $9.5 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 0.75%
Management Fee: 0.75%
Load Type: Front End
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
$500
Subsequent:
$25
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
$500
Subsequent RRSP:
$25
Closed:
No
Restricted:
No
Restriction:
 
 

Asset Allocation October 31, 2009

Top Holdings

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area		 Asset
Type		 % of
Total Assets		   Performance as at November 20, 2009
1 Year Performance (%)
  Alberta Treasury Branches, 0.23%, OCT/15/09 Bond 14.79   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Province of British Columbia, 0.29%, OCT/26/09 Bond 10.56   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Province of Ontario, 0.23%, NOV/17/09 Bond 10.56   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Gov't of Canada, 0.32%, DEC/07/09 Bond 10.56   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Export Development Corp., 0.18%, FEB/17/10 Bond 10.56   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Province of Quebec, 0.28%, DEC/02/09 Bond 10.56   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Gov't of Canada, 0.31%, NOV/17/09 Bond 10.56   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Export Development Corp., 0.29%, MAR/08/10 Bond 10.55   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)

Distribution Report (18 months up to November 20, 2009)

Frequency of Income Distributions: Monthly

Frequency of Capital Gain Distributions: Annually

Date Income Dividend Capital Gain Total (Current Period) Trailing 12-Months Total Reinvestment Price
Oct 30, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0246 10.000
Sep 30, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0352 10.000
Aug 31, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0459 10.000
Jul 31, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0554 10.000
Jun 30, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0654 10.000
May 29, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0746 10.000
Apr 30, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0831 10.000
Mar 31, 2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0930 10.000
Feb 27, 2009 0.0016 0.0016 0.1092 10.000
Jan 30, 2009 0.0060 0.0060 0.1278 10.000
Dec 31, 2008 0.0086 0.0086 0.1497 10.000
Nov 28, 2008 0.0084 0.0084 0.1715 10.000
Oct 31, 2008 0.0106 0.0106 0.1953 10.000
Sep 30, 2008 0.0107 0.0107 0.2203 10.000
Aug 29, 2008 0.0095 0.0095 0.2414 10.000
Jul 31, 2008 0.0101 0.0101 0.2693 10.000
Jun 30, 2008 0.0092 0.0092 0.2986 10.000
May 30, 2008 0.0086 0.0086 0.3249 10.000

Portfolio Manager(s)

Tom Nakamura, CFA

AGF Funds Inc.

Start Date: April, 2006

Fund Return: 2.53%

Tom is a Portfolio Manager at AGF with 9 years of industry experience. Tom is a fixed-income generalist; but within the team, he is responsible for currency management, global high-yield corporate bonds and emerging market sovereign bonds (locally and externally-denominated). Tom has spent his entire investment career at AGF Funds Inc., which he joined in 1998 as an analyst in the Fund Analytics department. In 2000, he was given responsibility to develop procedures and analyze trading and cash management for AGF’s dedicated institutional portfolios. In 2002, he joined the fixed-income team to provide analysis on global fixed-income markets. As an analyst, his responsibilities included credit analysis of investment-grade and high-yield bonds, both domestic and international issues, monitoring of the fixed-income portfolios and their asset allocation and contributing to currency strategy decisions. Tom earned a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Toronto CFA Society and the CFA Institute.

Also manages:AGF Canadian Bond, AGF Canadian High Yield Bond, AGF Canadian Money Market Account, AGF Cdn Conservative Infl Mgd Inc, AGF Dollar Cost Averaging, AGF Global Government Bond, AGF Global High Yield Bond, AGF Short Term Income Class, AGF World Balanced

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Tristan Sones, CFA

AGF Funds Inc.

Start Date: June, 2000

Fund Return: 2.18%

Tristan is Vice-President and Portfolio Manager at AGF with 15 years of industry experience. As one of the principal members of the award-winning AGF fixed income team, he is responsible for the co-management of domestic and global fixed-income mandates. He is the lead portfolio manager of AGF Global High Yield Bond Fund, AGF Canadian High Yield Bond Fund and AGF Canadian Bond Fund. With a particular focus on credit, Tristan contributes to the team’s analysis of the global macroeconomic landscape, with specific emphasis on global investment grade and non-investment grade debt, as well as U.S. dollar, euro and local currency denominated emerging market debt. Tristan developed his fixed-income expertise by specializing in short-term bonds, money market securities and preferred shares. He joined AGF in 1993 and co-developed a personal financial risk-modeling application for AGF. In 1996, Tristan joined the investment management team as a fixed income analyst and has held positions of greater responsibility over time. Tristan earned an Honours BA in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is member of the Toronto CFA Society.

Also manages:AGF Canadian Bond, AGF Canadian High Yield Bond, AGF Canadian Money Market Account, AGF Cdn Conservative Infl Mgd Inc, AGF Dollar Cost Averaging, AGF Global Government Bond, AGF Global High Yield Bond, AGF Short Term Income Class, Primerica Canadian Money Market

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