
Canadian World Fund: Investment Update - Unaudited Morgan Meighen & Associates
Toronto, Canada, November 2, 2007 – Canadian World Fund Limited (CWF) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at October 31, 2007 was $7.74, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns of -2.5% and 7.6%, respectively. This compares with the -5.2% and 3.2% returns of the benchmark Morgan Stanley All Country World Index, in Canadian dollar terms, for the same periods.
The closing price of CWF’s common shares at October 31 was $6.25, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month market returns of -3.1% and 20.0%, respectively.
The geographic sector weightings of CWF’s investment portfolio at market as of October 31, 2007 were as follows:
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North America |
47.7% |
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Asia |
17.5% |
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Europe (Excluding U.K.) |
14.4% |
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United Kingdom |
12.3% |
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Latin America |
7.0% |
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Africa |
1.1% | The top ten investments which comprised 23.4% of the investment portfolio at market as of October 31, 2007 were as follows:
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Cash |
3.0% |
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Apple Inc. (United States) |
2.8% |
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Equinox Minerals Limited (Canada) |
2.4% |
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Deere & Co. (United States) |
2.3% |
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Petrominerales Ltd. (Canada) |
2.3% |
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Altius Minerals Corporation (Canada) |
2.2% |
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PT Bumi Resources Tbk (Indonesia) |
2.1% |
|
Autonomy Corporation plc (U.K.) |
2.1% |
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Google Inc. (United States) |
2.1% |
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HDFC Bank Ltd. (India) |
2.1% |
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