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Precious metal ETFs were the star performers in August. The physical gold ETF SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) gained 12.1%, the iShares Silver ETF (SLV) rose 8.6%, and the Aberdeen Physical Platinum ETF (PPLT) improved 4.2%.
Gold miners fared equally well with the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) adding 11.5% in August....
A: The iShares India 50 ETF, $34.71, symbol INDY on New York (Units outstanding: 21.7 million; Market cap: $753.2 million; www.blackrock.com/us), aims to track an index composed of 50 of the largest Indian stocks.
ETFs, such as this one, are a lot like conventional, open-end mutual funds....
ETFs, such as this one, are a lot like conventional, open-end mutual funds....
A: Tilray, $31.00, symbol TLRY on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 97.4 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; www.tilray.com), completed an initial public offering of 10.35 million common shares at $17.00 U.S....
ISHARES S&P/TSX REIT INDEX ETF $19.77 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds all 19 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index. The fund has an MER of 0.61%, and it currently yields a high 4.1%.
The ETF’s top holdings are Canadian Apart....
The ETF’s top holdings are Canadian Apart....
A: Home Depot Inc., $221.77, symbol HD on New York (Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $245.4 billion; www.homedepot.com), operates warehouse-style home-improvement stores that average 104,000 square feet, plus an additional 24,000 square-foot garden centre....
A: Costco Wholesale Corp., $287.35, symbol COST on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 439.8 million; Market cap: $122.5 billion; www.costco.com), owns and operates warehouse-sized stores that sell a wide variety of consumer goods and services.
The company charges its customers an annual membership fee to shop at its locations....
The company charges its customers an annual membership fee to shop at its locations....
A: Bridgemarq Real Estate Services, $13.90, symbol BRE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 9.5 million; Market cap: $132.5 million; www.bridgemarq.com), is a leading provider of services to residential real estate brokers....
Stock market volatility sometimes appears when least expected. However, volatility as measured by the BetaPro S&P 500 VIX Futures ETF (Toronto symbol HUV), has substantially subsided in the months following a big spike in December 2018. As a result, this ETF, which gains in value when volatility rises or declines, lost 3.2% in July and is now down 50.7% over the past six months.
Meanwhile, the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (Toronto symbol HMMJ) dropped 11.7% in July as the CEO of its top holding, Canopy Growth, was let go and CannTrust, another of its top holdings, violated licensing rules....
The United Kingdom has one of the largest economies in Europe and is among the world’s top 10. However, over the near term, it faces major challenges. This includes Brexit and the prospect of leaving the European Union without clear arrangements to protect its vital trading links....