Buy for global growth

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TRIMARK FUND $23.25 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (AIM Funds Management Inc., 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7. 1-800-631-7008; Website: www.invescotrimark.com. Buy or sell through brokers) buys high-quality investments and holds them for the long term, an approach its manager believes cuts risk. The $3.0-billion fund’s top holdings are Nestle SA (Switzerland: food and beverages), Microsoft, Nokia (Finland: mobile phones), Roche Holdings (Switzerland: pharmaceuticals), Cisco Systems, Synthes (U.S.: medical devices), Aryzta AG (Switzerland: specialty bakery), Schindler Holding AG (Switzerland: elevators) and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (Finland: tires). The fund’s breakout by region includes the U.S. (29.6%), Switzerland (27.9%), Finland (9.9%), the U.K. (9.0%), Mexico (5.7%), Germany (4.6%) and France (4.0%). Trimark Fund’s MER is 1.60%. Trimark Fund is still a buy. buy…