Morgan Meighen & Associates
December 19, 2008 – Canadian World Fund Limited (CWF) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at December 19, 2008, was $2.96, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns of -62.0% and -60.7%, respectively. This compares with the -30.6% and -30.5% 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 Deceber 19, 2008, was $1.92, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month market returns of -67.8% and -68.1%, respectively.
The top ten investments which comprised 45.8% of the investment portfolio at market
as of December 19, 2008, were as follows:
|
Canadian Cash |
14.0% |
|
Bank Term Deposits (Canada) |
8.5% |
|
HDFC Bank Ltd. (India) |
3.8% |
|
Autonomy Corporation plc (U.K.) |
3.4% |
| Apple Inc. (United States) |
3.3% |
|
Deere & Company (United States) |
3.1% |
|
Oslo Bors VPS Holding ASA (Norway) |
2.6% |
|
Petrohawk Energy Corporation (United States) |
2.5% |
|
Petrofac Ltd. (U.K.) |
2.4% |
|
Lojas Renner (S.A.) |
2.2% |
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