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IVY CANADIAN FUND $20.73

IVY CANADIAN FUND $20.73 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (Mackenzie Financial Corp., 150 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B5. 1-800-387-0780; Web site: www.mackenziefinancial.com. Load fund — available from brokers) is a good example of a Conservative fund. Ivy Canadian’s managers keep risk low by investing in well-established, high-quality stocks. The fund also invests in politically stable areas, with 47.3% of its portfolio in Canadian stocks, 27.8% in the U.S., 5.1% in Switzerland, 4.1% in the U.K. and 4% in France. Moreover, Ivy Canadian has $1.9 billion in assets, so it can easily meet redemption requests without having to sell parts of its holdings. Ivy Canadian Fund holds just 29 stocks. The top 10 are: Thomson Reuters, Shoppers Drug Mart, Imperial Oil, Tim Hortons, Becton Dickinson, McDonald’s Corp., Nestle SA, Colgate-Palmolive, Bank of Nova Scotia and Reckitt Benckiser.

The fund is well-balanced among industry segments, with consumer staples making up the largest part of its portfolio, at 35.5%. Ivy Canadian holds 11% of its assets in cash.

Ivy Canadian Fund is a Conservative buy.

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