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A: The Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-Canada Index ETF, $31.63, symbol VXC on Toronto (Units outstanding: 17.0 million; Market cap: $537.7 million; www.vanguardcanada.ca), aims to track the FTSE Global All Cap ex Canada China A Inclusion Index....
Dear safe-money investor:
We’ve selected our top picks for 2017—one stock, one real estate investment trust and one ETF. Each offers a particularly attractive combination of long-term growth prospects and a reasonable price.
We feel that investors will profit the most by holding a well-balanced portfolio of high-quality stocks and REITs—like our first two recommendations below.
If you want to supplement your individual stock holdings, then ETFs, like our third recommendation, provide a sound alternative.
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $77.89 (Toronto symbol BNS; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $94.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%, www.scotiabank.com) is the third largest of Canada’s five biggest banks.
In the three months ended October 31, 2016, the bank earned $1.9 billion, or $1.58 a share....
We’ve selected our top picks for 2017—one stock, one real estate investment trust and one ETF. Each offers a particularly attractive combination of long-term growth prospects and a reasonable price.
We feel that investors will profit the most by holding a well-balanced portfolio of high-quality stocks and REITs—like our first two recommendations below.
If you want to supplement your individual stock holdings, then ETFs, like our third recommendation, provide a sound alternative.
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $77.89 (Toronto symbol BNS; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $94.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%, www.scotiabank.com) is the third largest of Canada’s five biggest banks.
In the three months ended October 31, 2016, the bank earned $1.9 billion, or $1.58 a share....
A: iShares S&P/TSX SmallCap Index ETF, $16.97, symbol XCS on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 8.3 million; Market cap: $140.9 million), holds the 200 stocks in the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index. That index is made up of the smaller companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange....
These six ETFs hold mostly blue-chip stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each ETF mirrors, or tracks, the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from narrower indexes that focus on resources or themes such as solar power or biotech.
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....
A: No one can consistently predict currency movements, and we still feel that most Canadian investors should hold, say, up to 30% of their portfolio in U.S. stocks. Note that even if the U.S. dollar falls against the Canadian dollar, your U.S. stocks can appreciate even while the currency sags.
But looking at your question:
There is no easy way to hedge individual U.S....
But looking at your question:
There is no easy way to hedge individual U.S....
The Bank of Canada is unlikely to raise interest rates any time soon. That’s because low prices for oil should continue to offset government stimulus spending as well as increased exports due to the weak Canadian dollar. The federal government’s tighter mortgage rules should also cool housing markets and further limit the need to raise interest rates.
Even so, interest rates are expected to rise in the long term....
Even so, interest rates are expected to rise in the long term....
A: The iShares 1-5 Yr Laddered Corporate Bond Index ETF, $18.98, symbol CBO on Toronto (Units outstanding: 106.9 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; www.blackrock.com/ca), invests in a portfolio of short-term and medium-term corporate bonds....
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....