Morgan Meighen & Associates
December 19, 2008 – Third Canadian General Investments, Limited (THD) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at December 19, 2008, was $22.05, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -64.4% and -63.7%, respectively. THD’s returns compare with the -36.4% and -35.2% returns of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same periods.
The closing price for THD's common shares at December 19, 2008, was $17.00, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month market returns, with dividends reinvested, of -64.7% and -64.4%, respectively.
The top ten investments, which comprised 85.7% of the investment portfolio at market, excluding non-convertible preferred shares, as of December 19, 2008, were as follows:
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Canadian General Investments, Limited |
63.4% |
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Canadian Cash |
7.4% |
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Canadian World Fund Limited |
4.0% |
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First Solar, Inc. |
1.9% |
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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated |
1.7% |
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Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd. |
1.5% |
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Novo Nordisk A/S |
1.5% |
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Equinox Minerals Limited |
1.5% |
| Ag Growth Income Fund |
1.4% |
| TriStar Oil & Gas Ltd. |
1.4% |
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