Buy for Large-cap Value

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HARBOUR FUND $14.56 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (C.I. Mutual Funds, 151 Yonge St., 7th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5C 2W7. 1-800-268-9374; Web site: www.cifunds.com. Load fund: available from brokers.) invests in only 25 to 40 high-quality mostly Canadian stocks, and it may hold stocks for four or five years to realize their value. The $4.3-billion Harbour Fund’s top holdings include Canadian National Railway, Goldcorp Inc., Suncor Energy, Tim Hortons, EnCana Corporation, CIBC, Cisco Systems, Manulife Financial and BHP Billiton. The Harbour Fund lost 24.5% over the last year. That’s less than the S&P/TSX’s loss of 33.0%. The fund’s five-year return has averaged 5.7% annually. Its MER is 2.31%. Harbour Fund is still a buy. buy…