Current issues
In effect until January 10, 2009
Desjardins Equity Guaranteed Investment Portfolio
Are you looking to benefit from international geographic diversification? This Portfolio is based on the return of 3 stock market indices encompassing many countries. These are the Canadian Index (40%), the American Index (25%) and the Overseas Index (35%).
Canadian Index
Index based on 60 of the leading large-cap Canadian companies, including EnCana Corp., Barrick Gold Corp., Royal Bank of Canada, Manulife Financial, Suncor Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
American Index
Index based on 500 of the largest American companies in various sectors of the economy, including Microsoft Corp., General Electric Co., Procter & Gamble Co., Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Citigroup Inc.
Overseas Index
Index based on the performance of 3 stock market indices, equally weighted (33 1/3% each) and each composed of the largest companies in several countries (European, UK and Japanese Index)
Terms and features
- 5-year terms
- Return paid at maturity for the 5-year term will be equal to the index growth1 (minimum of 0% and maximum appreciation of 41% and rate of participation in index growth of 100%, for a maximum annual compound return of 7.11%)
1. Returns may be nil.
Example of how the return is calculated (PDF, 18 KB)
