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AGF Canadian Small Cap Fund
May 31, 2008
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A small- to mid-cap Canadian equity fund concentrating on companies with superior growth potential.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is ideal for long-term patient investors, who believe in the fundamental thesis that small capitalization companies tend to outperform all other asset classes.
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: Canadian small and mid-cap equity
Fund Start Date: 1996-02-15
Management Style: Bottom-Up
Fund Codes:
 FEDSCLLFD
C$796696259827--
US$----------
Fund Manager / Start Date:
Caterina Prato  -  April 2008 
Bob Farquharson  -  January 2008 
Performance Start Date:
2003-06-16
Total Net Assets: $329.9 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style4
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of Jul 03, 2008
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
8.16
8.24
-0.08
-5.9
AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS(%) as of May 31, 2008
1 mo.
3 mo.
6 mo.
YTD
1 yr.
2 yr.
3 yr.
5 yr.
10 yr.
Performance Start Date
FUND
+1.6
-1.9
-1.5
-2.8
-4.4
+10.3
+22.4
+20.2
BENCHMARK*
+4.0
+2.7
+2.4
+0.1
-10.5
+3.2
+12.7
+17.4
BMO Small Cap Total Return Index (Weighted).
ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2007
2006
2005
2004
FUND
+16.4
+28.9
+23.5
+11.7
BENCHMARK*
+2.0
+16.6
+19.7
+14.1
+42.7
-0.9
+3.4
+7.3
+20.3
-17.9
Distribution Frequency: Annual      Last Distribution Date: never
 
PORTFOLIO
As of May 31, 2008  
Buys/Additions
EnQuest Energy Services Corporation
Sells/Reductions
Boralex Inc. 'A'
TOP 10 HOLDINGS
INMET MINING CORP Materials 3.2%
EQUINOX MINERALS LTD Materials 2.6%
CENTRAL FUND OF CANADA LTD Materials 2.4%
BORALEX INC Utilities 2.4%
SHAWCOR LTD -CL A Energy 2.2%
NEW MILLENNIUM CAPITAL CORP Materials 2.1%
TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD Industrials 1.8%
AECON GROUP INC Industrials 1.8%
TRISTAR OIL & GAS LTD Energy 1.7%
PACIFIC RUBIALES ENERGY CORP Energy 1.6%
TOP 10 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS
Materials 34.8%
Energy 27.5%
Industrials 8.2%
Financials 5.0%
Consumer Discretionary 3.7%
Information Technology 3.5%
Health Care 3.5%
Utilities 2.9%
Consumer Staples 2.9%
Corporates 0.5%
COUNTRY BREAKDOWN
Canada 85.9%
Cash 7.4%
United States 4.1%
United Kingdom 1.2%
Australia 0.8%
Sweden 0.7%

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments.  Please read the prospectus before investing.  The indicated rate[s] of return is [are] the historical annual compounded total return[s] including changes in [share or unit] value and reinvestment of all [dividends or distributions] and does [do] not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns.  Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The payment of distributions should not be confused with a fund’s performance, rate of return or yield.  If distributions paid by the fund are greater than the performance of the fund, your original investment will shrink. Distributions paid as a result of capital gains realized by a fund, an income and dividends earned by a fund are taxable in your hands in the year they are paid. Your adjusted cost based will be reduced by the amount of any returns of capital. If your adjusted cost base falls below zero, you will have to pay capital gains tax on the amount below zero.

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