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The Bank of Canada increased its benchmark interest rate in October 2018 from 1.50% to 1.75%. Whether it will hold rates stready, keep raising them, or perhaps even cut them, depends on economic growth and the level of unemployment.
Meanwhile, we caution against investing in bonds....
Meanwhile, we caution against investing in bonds....
A: The iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF, $21.10, symbol XDG on Toronto (Units outstanding: 850,000; Market cap: $17.9 million; www.blackrock.com/ca), aims to track the MSCI World High Dividend Yield Index.
This index holds global stocks with above-average dividend yields and steady or increasing dividends....
This index holds global stocks with above-average dividend yields and steady or increasing dividends....
ISHARES S&P/TSX REIT INDEX ETF $18.80 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds all 19 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index. The fund has an MER of 0.61%, and it currently yields a high 4.4%.
The ETF’s top holdings are RioCan REIT (14.1%), Canadian Apart....