Dated July 17, 1999

Comparison of our portfolio to the top 10 Canadian Mutual Funds, year to date June 99

When Revision 14 of the Newsletter was issued we deferred comparison of our portfolio's performance to the top 10 Canadian mutual funds for year to date June 30, 1999 as the data had not yet been published.

Courtesy of the Financial Post Datagroup, the year to date June 99 Mutual Fund performance tables were issued on Saturday showing the top ten Mutual Funds in Canada as follows:-

Gain for 6 months

Mutual Fund

to June 30, 1999

EMC Jan 1 Portfolio

159.3%

Global Mgr Hong Kong Geared (US$)

69.60%

Canadian Venture Opportunity

60.30%

Clarington Asia Pacific

57.60%

20/20 Aggressive Growth

57.10%

Altamira e-Business

56.90%

AIM Global Technology

50.40%

Global Manager Japan Geared (US$)

49.60%

Royal Asian growth

45.60%

Strategic Value

44.50%

Talvest Global Science & Technology

43.50%

 

From the above it is clear that our portfolio (159% return in 6 months) has performed better than the best Canadian mutual fund (69.6%) for year to date June 1999. Is your investment fund(s) shown above?