BMO U.S. Dollar Equity Index (US$)
Globe 5-Star Rating
Fund Price: $7.70 (as at November 20, 2009) 1-day chg: $-.029 -0.38% YTD: 20.75%
Returns as at October 31, 2009
| Fund | Group Avg | Index* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | -1.92% | -1.73% | -1.38% |
| 3 Months | 4.97% | 4.40% | 5.32% |
| 6 Months | 18.34% | 8.86% | 8.32% |
| 1 Year | 7.34% | 0.75% | -2.75% |
| 2 Year Avg | -17.07% | -14.44% | -10.79% |
| 3 Year Avg | -8.18% | -10.23% | -8.29% |
| 5 Year Avg | -1.12% | -3.76% | -2.15% |
| 10 Year Avg | -2.56% | -4.61% | -3.99% |
| 15 Year Avg | - | 3.00% | 5.71% |
| 20 Year Avg | - | 4.92% | 7.56% |
| Since Inception | 0.54% | - | - |
| 2008 | -37.41% | -30.43% | -21.92% |
| 2007 | 4.62% | -6.90% | -10.55% |
| 2006 | 13.75% | 10.29% | 15.74% |
| 3 year risk | 19.65 | 17.85 | 14.81 |
| 3 year beta | 0.90 | 1.01 | 1.00 |
*S&P 500 Composite Total Return Idx($Cdn)
Growth of $10,000
Risk Measures as at October 31, 2009
Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
| Best (ending Feb 04): | 36.55 | ||
| Worst (ending Feb 09): | -44.93 | ||
Volatility meter (Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com)
LowFund Objectives
The investment objective of the Fund is to provide a return in U.S. dollars that tracks the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Total Return Index. The Fund invests primarily in options, futures and forward contracts based on the S&P 500 Index and government of the United States treasury bills and other high-quality short term instruments. The Fund may also invest directly in equity securities of companies that make up the S&P 500 Index, Standard & Poor's Depository Receipts and other similar U.S. dollar denominated instruments.
Fund Facts
| Fund Sponsor: | BMO Investments Inc. |
| Managed by: | BMO Investments Inc. |
| Fund Type: | MF Trust |
| Inception Date: | July 1998 |
| Asset Class: | U.S. Equity |
| Quartile Rank: | 2 (3YR ending October 31, 2009) |
| Total Assets: | $11.0 million |
| Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): | 1.13% |
| Management Fee: | 0.85% |
| Load Type: | No Load |
- Globe 5-Star Rating:
- RRSP Eligible:
- No
- Min. Invest (initial):
- $500
- Subsequent:
- $50
- Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
- -
- Subsequent RRSP:
- -
- Closed:
- No
- Restricted:
- No
- Restriction:
Asset Allocation July 31, 2009
Equity Sector Weightings July 31, 2009
Fund Geography July 31, 2009
Top Holdings as at July 31, 2009
| Symbol | Company Name | Sector | Geographic Area |
Asset Type |
% of Total Assets |
Performance as at November 20, 2009 1 Year Performance (%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Treasury, 0.00%, OCT/08/09 | Bond | 29.15 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, DEC/17/09 | Bond | 13.0 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, 0.00%, SEP/24/09 | Bond | 10.92 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, 0.00%, AUG/06/09 | Bond | 10.57 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, DEC/17/09 | Bond | 7.75 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, NOV/05/09 | Bond | 6.46 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, OCT/22/09 | Bond | 4.66 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, OCT/29/09 | Bond | 4.56 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, NOV/12/09 | Bond | 3.71 | - | ||||||
| ABBOTT CEDEAR, 0.00%, SEP/01/09 | Bond | 3.51 | - | ||||||
| General Electric, SEP/18/09 | Bond | 3.01 | - | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury, OCT/15/09 | Bond | 2.6 | - | ||||||
| Johnson & Johnson, 0.00%, JUL/31/09 | Bond | 0.0 | - | ||||||
Portfolio Manager(s)
Jon Tesseo
Harris Investment Management Inc.
Start Date: October, 1999
Fund Return: -1.91%
John Tesseo is a principal and portfolio manager for Harris Investment Management. He joined Harris following nine years' portfolio management experience at a major investment firm in Nevada where he was also director of research. There, John developed new models for managing institutional, retail assets and mutual funds. John earned his B.S. degree from Bryant College.
Also manages:BMO U.S. Equity Index
