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Fund Price: $5.14 (as at February 8, 2010)  1-day chg: $-.0403 -0.78%  YTD: -0.98%

Returns as at January 31, 2010

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month 0.05% -2.76% -1.90%
3 Months 4.23% 2.65% 2.96%
6 Months 11.98% 7.22% 8.44%
1 Year 32.14% 17.71% 14.68%
2 Year Avg -20.23% -10.32% -6.82%
3 Year Avg -24.55% -12.16% -10.33%
5 Year Avg -12.07% -4.73% -2.80%
10 Year Avg - -5.03% -3.83%
15 Year Avg - 3.20% 5.61%
20 Year Avg - 5.11% 7.80%
Since Inception -7.36% - -
 
2009 16.94% 12.55% 8.08%
2008 -46.01% -30.46% -21.92%
2007 -29.53% -6.89% -10.55%
 
3 year risk 26.14 17.65 14.53
3 year beta 1.59 1.01 1.00

*S&P 500 Composite Total Return Idx($Cdn)

Growth of $10,000

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value compared with the S&P 500 Composite Total Return Idx($Cdn).

Risk Measures as at January 31, 2010

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Feb 04): 47.27 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending Feb 09): -53.25 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: 26 High

Fund Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of the U.S. Equity Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of U.S. issuers with equity market capitalizations that exceed $1 billion at the time of purchase.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: Brandes Investment Partners & Company
Managed by: Brandes Investment Partners & Company
Fund Type: MF Trust
Inception Date: June 2002
Asset Class: U.S. Equity
Quartile Rank: 4 (3YR ending January 31, 2010)
Total Assets: $42.7 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 2.57%
Management Fee: 2.20%
Load Type: Optional
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
$1,000
Subsequent:
$500
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
$1,000
Subsequent RRSP:
$500
Closed:
No
Restricted:
No
Restriction:
 
 

Asset Allocation December 31, 2009

Equity Sector Weightings December 31, 2009

Fund Geography December 31, 2009

Top Holdings as at December 31, 2009

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area		 Asset
Type		 % of
Total Assets		   Performance as at February 8, 2010
1 Year Performance (%)
PFE-N Pfizer Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals United States Stock 3.56   20.22 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
VZ-N Verizon Communications Telephone Utilities United States Stock 3.18   -10.56 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
DELL-Q Dell Inc. Electrical & Electronic United States Stock 3.07   41.54 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
MSFT-Q Microsoft Computer Software & Processing United States Stock 3.06   41.0 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
NWSA-Q News Corp. Ltd. Publishing & Printing United States Stock 3.04   81.09 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
TXN-N Texas Instruments Electrical & Electronic United States Stock 2.93   32.91 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
MRK-N Merck & Company Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals United States Stock 2.91   18.91 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
SLE-N Sara Lee Food Processing United States Stock 2.91   30.23 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
T-N AT&T Inc. Telephone Utilities United States Stock 2.89   -4.22 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
DOW-N Dow Chemical Chemicals United States Stock 2.75   140.63 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 February 8, 2010)

Frequency of Income Distributions: Annually

Frequency of Capital Gain Distributions: Annually

Date Income Dividend Capital Gain Total (Current Period) Trailing 12-Months Total Reinvestment Price
Dec 17, 2009 0.0061 0.0061 0.0061 5.216

Portfolio Manager(s)

Brandes Investment Partners - Mgmt. Team

Brandes Investment Partners (San Diego)

Start Date: July, 2002

Fund Return: -7.36%

Brandes Investment Partners L.P. is headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1974, Brandes manages in excess of C$ 64 billion of equity and fixed income assets for institutional and private clients worldwide, using a Graham & Dodd value investing approach.

Also manages:Brandes Canadian Equity, Brandes Corp Focus Bond (Hedged), Brandes Corporate Focus Bond, Brandes Emerging Markets Equity, Brandes Global Balanced, Brandes Global Equity, Brandes Global Small Cap Equity, Brandes International Equity, Brandes Sionna Canadian Balanced, Brandes U.S. Small Cap Equity, GWL Balanced (Br/S) 75/100, LON Balanced (Br/S) 75/75

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