U.S. Equity Fund

Investment Objectives: To achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of large American companies.

Inception Date: October 2000

Investment Style: The Fund adheres to the principles of Economic Value Added or EVA® to maximize returns and reduce risk.

Portfolio Advisor: Kingwest & Company

Advisor Inception Date: June 2004

About the Advisor: Richard Fogler, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Kingwest & Company, manages the Northwest Canadian Equity, Growth and Income and U.S. Equity Funds. A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with post-graduate studies at the Sorbonne in France, Richard has over 30 years investment experience.

 

fund details as at 06/30/2008
Total Assets Management Fee MER Distribution Frequency
$83.0 million 2.25% 2.85% Annually

portfolio performance
  3 Mo. 6 Mo. YTD 1 Yr. 3 Yr. 5 Yr. 10 Yr. Since
Inception
U.S. Equity Fund -2.60%-10.07%-10.07%-30.14%-10.00%-3.41%--7.84%
Quartile Rank* 3 4 3 4 4 4 - -
*data source: Morningstar. Quartile Rank as at 03/31/2008

fund codes
Front End Back End Volume Sales Low Load F-Series I-Series
NWT132 NWT233 NWT333 NWT832 NWT533 -

Summary of Investment Portfolio March 31, 2008.
Management Report on Fund Performance as at March 31, 2008.
Proxy Voting Record: To view the proxy voting record for the fund, please click this link and then select the fund from the drop down menu.