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A: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, $85.68, symbol VIG on New York (Units outstanding: 33.7 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; www.vanguard.com), aims to track the Nasdaq Dividend Achievers Select Index....
These six ETFs hold mostly blue chip, widely traded stocks on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. All of them mirror, or track, the performance of major stock market indexes. That’s opposed to narrower indexes focused on, say, resources or themes such as solar power or biotech....
ISHARES MSCI CANADA INDEX FUND $25.31 (New York symbol EWC; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds the stocks in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Canada Index. The fund has a 0.48% MER and yields 1.6%. It began trading on March 12, 1996....
POWERSHARES QQQ ETF $116.44 (Nasdaq symbol QQQ; buy or sell through brokers; www. invescopowershares.com), formerly called Nasdaq 100 Trust Shares, holds stocks representing the Nasdaq 100 Index. That consists of the exchange’s 100 largest stocks by market cap....
SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF $183.94 (New York symbol DIA; buy or sell through brokers; www.spdrs.com) holds the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The ETF began trading on January 14, 1998.
This ETF’s top holdings are Goldman Sachs, IBM, Home Depot, Travelers Cos., Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth, United Technologies and McDonald’s....
This ETF’s top holdings are Goldman Sachs, IBM, Home Depot, Travelers Cos., Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth, United Technologies and McDonald’s....
SPDR S&P 500 ETF $217.38 (New York symbol SPY; buy or sell through brokers; www.spdrs.com) holds the stocks in the S&P 500 Index, which consists of 500 major U.S. companies chosen based on their market cap, liquidity and industry group. The ETF began trading on January 22, 1993....
ISHARES CANADIAN SELECT DIVIDEND INDEX ETF $22.97 (Toronto symbol XDV; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds 30 of the highestyield Canadian stocks. Its selections are based on dividend growth, yield and payout ratio. The weight of any one stock is limited to 10% of the ETF’s assets....
ISHARES S&P/TSX 60 INDEX ETF $21.33 (Toronto symbol XIU; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) is a good low-fee way to buy the top stocks on the TSX. The units are made up of stocks that represent the S&P/TSX 60 Index—the 60 largest, most heavily traded stocks on the exchange....
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