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A: The Vanguard Value ETF, $106.79, symbol VTV on New York (Units outstanding: 475.3 million; Market cap: $51.1 billion; www.vanguard.com) focuses on large-cap value stocks, using the following ratios to identify value: book value to price, forward earnings (estimates) to price, historic earnings to price, dividend to price, and sales to price....
ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) have been around since 1993, with the launch of the S&P 500 Trust ETF. By 2002, 102 ETFs were trading; the number hit 1,000 by the end of 2009. As of the end of 2019, there were 7,000.
When we started covering ETFs in our Canadian Wealth Advisor in the early 2000s, we singled them out as the most benign investment innovation ever offered to investors....
When we started covering ETFs in our Canadian Wealth Advisor in the early 2000s, we singled them out as the most benign investment innovation ever offered to investors....
Here are three things to avoid when building your ETF portfolio
If you want an extra level of security in your portfolio, then you should look for blue chip Canadian stocks
The month of July saw strong returns for investors in precious-metals ETFs. The iShares Silver ETF (SLV) gained 27.9%, the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) was up 13.5%, and the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) rose 9.8%....
Exchange-traded funds have traditionally offered investors three main advantages: ease of trading, low fees, and transparency. We still believe passively managed ETFs—which simply track benchmark indexes—do the best job of meeting those goals. However, actively managed ETFs, where fund managers tinker with their holdings to beat the benchmarks, are gaining popularity in Canada....
CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD. $33 (www.canadianutilities.com) is a buy. The firm distributes electricity and natural gas in Alberta and Australia. It also owns or invests in 5 power plants—1 in Canada, 2 in Australia and 2 in Mexico....
CANADIAN TIRE CORP. (class A non-voting) is a buy. This Canadian stock (Toronto symbols CTC $212 and CTC.A $129; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 60.8 million; Market cap: $7.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 3.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.canadiantire.ca) had to temporarily close its more than 1,700 stores due to COVID-19....
The price for Western Canadian crude oil jumped from an average $4.92 a barrel in April to $46.03 in June as Canada and other countries began to ease COVID-19 lockdowns.
Strengthening oil prices, combined with aggressive cost cuts, improve the prospects of these four oil producers....
Strengthening oil prices, combined with aggressive cost cuts, improve the prospects of these four oil producers....
CN’s shares are up over 40% since March despite COVID-19 disruptions. That’s because the pandemic continues to highlight the huge importance of railways to Canada’s economic health.
As well, the company benefits from being the only major North American railway to serve three coasts....