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You Can See Our Exchange-Traded Funds Portfolio For August 2023 Here.

ETFs in brief


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

Infrastructure assets have characteristics such as stable profits and cash flows that make them highly attractive to the companies that own them.


And meanwhile, expansive spending plans announced by the U.S. federal government over the past two years will also provide a boost to the firms that deliver products and services for infrastructure development.


What are infrastructure assets?


Infrastructure provides the physical backbone that delivers essential services to the public....

The large U.S.-based fund manager Fidelity has steadily expanded its ETF offerings—both in its home market and in Canada. Here’s a look at two of the six new Fidelity funds recently launched in the Canadian market.


FIDELITY GLOBAL INNOVATORS ETF $10.92 (NEO Exchange symbol FINN) invests globally in companies that the managers feel stand to benefit from the application of new technologies or that employ innovative business models.


The ETF launched on May 19, 2023, and holds $46.4 million in assets....

Fisher & Paykel is one of the best-known global brands with a New Zealand home base. While many people in Canada and the U.S. may be familiar with Fisher & Paykel appliances, the top holding in the iShares New Zealand ETF with the name Fisher and Paykel is actually a healthcare business.


The history of Fisher & Paykel Industries dates back to 1934, when the company was founded in New Zealand by Sir Woolf Fisher and Maurice Paykel.


In 2001, the company split into Fisher & Paykel Appliances and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare....

New Zealand has a small population and ranks outside of the world’s top 50 economies. Still, this leading democracy and developed nation is ranked among the world’s top 20 most-competitive economies.


The country’s economy recovered quickly from the pandemic thanks to effective virus containment, measures to protect jobs and incomes, and stimulus spending....

Many financial stocks, and especially banks, suffered big drops in early 2023. That was after the high-profile failures of several U.S. regional banks, including Silicon Valley Bank.


Going forward, the outlook for Canadian banks is more stable than for U.S....

PROSHARES SHORT MIDCAP 400 ETF $22.44 (New York symbol MYY) provides daily inverse exposure to the S&P MidCap 400 Index—the ETF’s price will rise when the S&P 400 Index declines and vice versa.


We generally advise against short selling for many of the same reasons that we advise against options trading, leverage, currency speculation and bond trading....

Governments around the world know the benefits that flow from developing better infrastructure. However, their stretched budgets and their reluctance to increase taxes constrain their ability to take on those projects. This provides opportunities for public companies to develop and manage these assets.


Meanwhile, companies with exposure to U.S....

You Can See Our CWA ETF Portfolio For July 2023 Here.

Index funds are mutual funds that invest so as to match market-index performance....

VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF, $13.46, is a buy for aggressive investors. This emerging-markets ETF (New York symbol VNM) taps the leading Vietnamese firms as well as foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from this Southeast Asian nation....