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If you’re looking for ETFs with quality holdings and exceptionally low fees, then Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group offers you strong options.


Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $9.0 trillion U.S., spread across 430 mutual funds and ETFs....

You Can See Our Exchange-Traded Funds Portfolio For December 2024 Here.

ETFs in brief


Exchange-traded funds are set up to mirror the performance of a stock-market index or sub-index....

This month we highlight a natural resources ETF actively managed by a team with a strong track record. We also consider an ETF that invests in smaller U.S.-listed companies that are considered high-quality and pay regular dividends.


Mackenzie Core Resources ETF $20.97 (Toronto symbol MORE) invests mainly in the shares of Canadian companies involved in oil and gas production as well as mining.


The fund intends to keep at least 80% of the portfolio invested in Canadian companies, with the balance spread across the world....

The Indian economy continues to expand rapidly and increased consumption among a growing middle class is expected to support that growth over the medium term. The Indian stock market has also performed well over the past five years, easily beating the emerging markets index and keeping pace with the broad developed markets index....

The Canadian ETF market experienced another strong month in September 2024, with $5.8 billion in new money flowing into Canadian-listed ETFs. That brought the total inflow for the first nine months of the year to $48.8 billion—62% higher than the same period in 2023.


The total Canadian ETF asset base was valued at $481 billion at the end of September 2024....

Over the long term, most stock markets move up. But there are times when sharp declines inflict heavy losses on investors’ portfolio holdings. For example, in 2008 to 2009, U.S. stock markets declined by 51%; in 2020, they dropped by 34%; and in 2022, they fell 25%....

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET ETF $112.67 (Toronto symbol VUN; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $9.65 billion) invests in U.S. publicly listed companies. That broader mandate gives this fund a wider reach than the typical U.S. large-cap ETF focused on the top 500 companies.


This Vanguard ETF tracks the CRSP US Total Market Index, which in turn includes large, medium, and smaller companies listed on the U.S....

Closed-end funds work with a fixed asset base invested in a portfolio of securities. The value of their assets rises and falls depending on how they invest. Their units trade like stocks, and most often on a stock exchange. They may trade above the per-unit value of the investments they hold—or, as brokers say, “at a premium” to their net asset value....

Uranium prices have retreated lately but are still at 16-year highs. The gain has been fuelled by rising demand and constrained supply. Demand growth is supported by several factors: commitments provided by major world governments to increase the use of uranium in electricity production; the large number of new reactors continuing to be developed in China; interest by U.S....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $69.38, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) aims to mirror the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Japan Index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 5.3%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 3.2%; Sony Corp., 2.8%; Hitachi (conglomerate), 2.5%; Tokyo Electron (computer chips), 2.3%; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, 2.3%; Keyence (sensors), 2.1%; and Shin Etsu Chemical, 2.1%....