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Ivy Foreign Equity Fund $26.81

IVY FOREIGN EQUITY FUND $26.81 (CWA Rating: Conservative) outperformed the Morgan Stanley benchmark international index over the last 10 years. The fund gained 5.0%, and that was better than the Morgan Stanley benchmark’s gain of 1.7%. Ivy Foreign Equity Fund lost 2.2% over the last year. The fund invests in companies based outside of Canada, but cuts risk by avoiding direct investment in emerging markets.

Ivy Foreign Equity is one of our top foreign fund recommendations. Still, we think non-U.S. international funds should make up at most 10% of the holdings of a conservative investor.

The fund’s top holdings are PepsiCo (U.S. food & beverage), Reckitt Benckiser plc (UK household & healthcare products), McDonald’s Corp., Synthes Inc. (Swiss health care equipment), Walgreen Co. (U.S. pharmacies), Diageo plc (UK alcoholic beverages), Becton Dickinson (U.S. medical technology), Nestle SA, Henry Schein Inc., (U.S. healthcare) and Danaher Corp. (U.S. tools & controls).

The $2.3 billion fund holds 50.6% of its assets in the U.S., 12.9% in the UK, 9.7% in France, 9.2% in Switzerland, 3.3% in Denmark and 2.9% in Sweden. It holds 11% of its assets in cash.

Ivy Foreign Equity Fund is a buy.

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