Current issues

In effect until January 10, 2009

Global Equity Guaranteed Investments

Global Equity Guaranteed Investments are perfectly suited to investors seeking capital protection and return potential in a short-term investment.

The Global Equity Guaranteed Investment portfolio consists of 20 international securities (40% American and 60% Overseas) selected from those with the largest market capitalization in the world.

Terms and features

• Minimum investment: $500.
• 3- and 5-year term.
• Investment 100% guaranteed at maturity.
• Protection from exchange rate fluctuations.
• Structure of product offers an innovative calculation formula to improve the return potential.

Example of how the return is calculated (PDF, 27 KB)

Following are the 20 international securities (common stock), their stock exchange and currency. All of the securities are equally weighted in the portfolio.
(The caisse makes no claim about future movements in the price of the securities.)

Security	Stock exchange	Currency
S1: Applied Materials Inc.	Nasdaq	U.S. dollars
S2: Alcoa Inc.	New York SE	U.S. dollars
S3: Allstate Corp/The	New York SE	U.S. dollars
S4: Altria Group Inc.	New York SE	U.S. dollars
S5: Sanofi-Aventis SA	Paris	Euros
S6: BAE Systems PLc	London SE	Pounds sterling
S7: Bridgestone Corp.	Tokyo SE	Japanese yen
S8: Gdf Suez	Paris	Euros
S9: Canon Inc.	Tokyo SE	Japanese yen
S10: ConocoPhillips	New York SE	U.S. dollars
S11: DnB NOR ASA	Oslo	Norwegian kroner
S12: Dow Chemical Co.	New York SE	U.S. dollars
S13: Intesa Sanpaolo SpA	Milan	Euros
S14: BNP Paribas	Paris	Euros
S15: Bank of America Corp.	New York SE	U.S. dollars
S16: General Electric Co.	New York SE	U.S. dollars
S17: Denso Corp.	Tokio SE	Japanese Yen
S18: Unilever NV	Amsterdam	Euros
S19: Total SA	Paris	Euros
S20: Vodafone Group PLc	London SE	Pounds sterling