Equity Income Funds
Dynamic’s Equity Income team employs a Quality at a Reasonable Price (QUARP™) philosophy to investing in best in class businesses that pay a dividend or distribution.
Portfolio managers in this fund:
Fund Facts as at August 31, 2010
| Mutual Fund Type |
| Mutual Fund Trust |
| Inception Date |
| 3/2/2009 |
| Fund Category |
| Diversified income |
| Total Assets |
| $1,645.7 million(s) |
| MER |
| 2.29% |
| Management Fee |
| 1.85% |
| # of Holdings |
| 126 |
Risk Tolerance
low
moderate
high
Fund Codes
| Series | FE | LL | DSC | NL |
| A | 1560 | 1561 | 1562 | |
| DCAF | 1563 | 1564 | 1565 | |
| F | | | | 1566 |
| I | | | | 1567 |
Fundserv prefix: DYN
Recent Distributions
| Date | Dist |
| August 2010 | $0.0584 |
| July 2010 | $0.0584 |
| June 2010 | $0.0584 |
| May 2010 | $0.0584 |
| April 2010 | $0.0584 |
| March 2010 | $0.0584 |
| February 2010 | $0.0584 |
| January 2010 | $0.0584 |
| December 2009 | $0.1802 |
| November 2009 | $0.0584 |
| October 2009 | $0.0584 |
| September 2009 | $0.0584 |
Unit Price (NAVPS) update
| Latest Fund price (9/2/2010): |
$13.10 |
|
$0.03 |
(0.23%) |
Key Reasons to Own This Fund
- Provides investors with a high level of monthly income
- Takes a flexible approach to investing across a broad range of yield-oriented asset classes
- Led by an experienced and conservative award-winning management team
- Disciplined investment process used for asset allocation and security selection
- MER capped at 2.15% + taxes until June 30, 2010 (Series A)
Investment Discipline
The Fund is designed to provide a high level of income and long term capital growth through investment in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income and income-oriented equity securities. Among both the equity and fixed income components of the portfolio the Managers focus on high-quality companies with strong balance sheets and sustainable dividends, distributions or coupon payments. An allocation to high yield bonds is made primarily through units of Dynamic High Yield Bond Fund.
Compounded Returns (%) (Series A) • as at August 31, 2010
| 1 month |
3 months |
6 months |
1 year |
3 years |
5 years |
10 years |
Inception |
| 1.9 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
16.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
27.3 |
Mutual fund regulations restrict the presentation of performance figures until a fund reaches its one-year anniversary. |
Calendar Returns (%) (Series A) • as at August 31, 2010
| 2010 (YTD) |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
| 7.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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Mutual fund regulations restrict the presentation of performance figures until a fund reaches its one-year anniversary. |
Historical Returns (%) (Series A) • as at August 31, 2010
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | YTD |
| 2010 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -3.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | | | | | 7.7 |
| 2009 | | | 2.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | -0.2 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 33.7 |
Asset Allocation (%)
as at July 31, 2010
| | Holding | % |
|
| Common Stocks-CDN | 22.2 |
|
| Income Trusts | 15.9 |
|
| Dynamic High Yield Bond Fund, Series "O" | 14.9 |
|
| Corporate Bonds - CDN | 14.8 |
|
| Foreign Bonds & Debentures | 10.9 |
|
| Cash, Short-Term Investments & Other Net Assets | 7.4 |
|
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | 4.5 |
|
| Canadian - Foreign Pay Bonds | 4.5 |
|
| Common Stocks-US | 2.4 |
|
| Preferred Stocks-CDN | 1.3 |
Geographic Allocation (%)
as at July 31, 2010
| | Holding | % |
|
| Canada | 77.2 |
|
| United States | 14.1 |
|
| Australia | 0.9 |
|
| United Kingdom | 0.3 |
|
| Luxembourg | 0.1 |
Sector Allocation (%)
as at July 31, 2010
| | Holding | % |
|
| Energy | 16.0 |
|
| Real Estate | 14.7 |
|
| Financials | 14.5 |
|
| Utilities | 9.0 |
|
| Telecommunication Services | 7.6 |
|
| Consumer Staples | 6.9 |
|
| Consumer Discretionary | 4.0 |
|
| Materials | 2.5 |
|
| Industrials | 2.4 |
|
| Health Care | 0.1 |
Sector Allocation, year-end (%)
as at December 31, 2009
| | Holding | % |
|
| Financials | 31.3 |
|
| Real Estate | 17.6 |
|
| Energy | 17.2 |
|
| Consumer Staples | 12.9 |
|
| Utilities | 4.6 |
|
| Telecommunication Services | 4.4 |
|
| Consumer Discretionary | 4.2 |
|
| Materials | 1.1 |
|
| Health Care | 0.5 |
|
| Industrials | 0.2 |
Top Equity Holdings July 31, 2010
| Holding | % |
| Dynamic High Yield Bond Fund, Series "O" | |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | |
| Royal Bank of Canada | |
| Altria Group, Inc., 9.70% Nov.10 18 | |
| Brookfield Renewable Power Fund | |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | |
| Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust | |
| Northland Power Income Fund | |
| Viterra Inc., 8.50% Jul.07 12 | |
| BCE Inc. | |
| Total allocation in top equity holdings | 36.4 |
Dynamic Fund Profile rendered at 9/3/2010 10:52:02 AM.