Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 4743B
Canadian General Investments Ld
06 January 2015
 



NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY MARKETWIRED

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.C, CGI.PR.D

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

January 6, 2015

 

Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited

 

TORONTO, CANADA - Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at December 31, 2014 was $27.06, resulting in a one-year NAV return, with dividends reinvested, of 8.5%.  This compares with the 10.6% return of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same period.

 

The closing price for CGI's common shares at December 31, 2014 was $20.05, resulting in an annual share price return, with dividends reinvested, of 13.3%.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Financials

23.5%

Consumer Discretionary

16.7%

Energy

16.7%

Industrials

16.4%

Materials

11.1%

Information Technology

7.0%

Telecommunication Services

3.3%

Consumer Staples

1.6%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.6%

Utilities

1.1%

Health Care

1.0%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 34.4% of the investment portfolio at market as of

December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

6.1%

Enbridge Inc.

4.2%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

4.1%

Bank of Montreal

3.2%

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

3.1%

Air Canada

2.8%

Element Financial Corporation

2.8%

Royal Bank of Canada

2.8%

Open Text Corporation

2.7%

Yahoo! Inc.

2.6%

 

 



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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Canadian General Investments, Limited

Jonathan A. Morgan

President and CEO

Phone: (416) 366-2931

Fax: (416) 366-2729

e-mail: cgifund@mmainvestments.com

website: www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca

 

 

 

                                                 

                                                                                                                     


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