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Consider these factors and more to profit from holding the best Canadian utility ETF in your diversified portfolio

The six ETFs we update for you below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index for its investors. Note that this is different from riskier ETFs focused on narrower indexes or trends such as cryptocurrencies or cannabis.


Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....

ISHARES S&P/TSX REIT INDEX ETF, $19.49, is a hold. The ETF (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) lets you tap into all 19 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index.


Investors pay a reasonable MER of 0.61%, and it currently gives you a high 4.1% yield.

A: Needless to say, this ETF’s prospects are a lot brighter now than they were at this time last week! We see the results of the U.K. election last Thursday—a strong majority for Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party—as the best of all possible financial worlds for the U.K....

WELLS FARGO & CO. $53 remains a solid pick for investors. The bank (Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 4.6 billion; Market cap: $243.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.wellsfargo.com) raised its quarterly dividend with the September 2019 payment....

Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) have taken the investment world by storm.


In Canada, ETF assets under management have grown by 150% over the past five years, from $77 billion to $192 billion. At the same time, the number of ETFs has doubled. Robust growth was also evident in the U.S....

Medium-sized companies are a bit like the proverbial middle child—they tend not to get as much attention from investors as the smallest or the biggest.


But this creates opportunities for investors who are prepared to add the best of those stocks—or the ETFs that hold them—to their portfolios.


High-quality mid-cap stocks can offer your the stability and balance sheet strength of large caps, while at the same time they give investors growth potential similar to small caps.

What are mid-cap stocks?

Mid-cap stocks are typically defined as those having a market capitalization of between $2 billion and $10 billion....

Overall, November delivered some significant gains for stock market investors, with the U.S. markets leading the way. While the iShares MSCI Canada Equity ETF (symbol EWC) gained 2.6% and the Vanguard Total World Stocks ETF (symbol VT), 3.7%, the Vanguard S&P 500 (symbol VOO) rose 4.6%.


Still, the main story for ETF investors was the jump in U.S....

TD Asset Management has added 10 new ETFs to its roster of funds. We highlight two of these ETFs for you below: Both aim to give investors broad international exposure.


The TD ACTIVE GLOBAL REAL ESTATE ETF (Toronto symbol TGRE) invests in real estate companies around the world....

The broad Vietnamese stock market, as measured by the FTSE Vietnam All Share Index, has done very well over the longer term, gaining 71% over the five years ending October 31, 2019. By comparison, the VanEck Vietnam ETF lost 3.1% over the same period. This is a large performance gap and requires some explanation.


First, not all companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange are available for investment by foreigners....