Here are new ETFs for Canadian investors

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This month we feature a very high-yielding financial services ETF from Hamilton Capital Partners, and a top-performing North American value equity ETF from RBC. HAMILTON CANADIAN FINANCIALS YIELD MAXIMIZER ETF $13.12 (Toronto symbol HMAX) invests in the top 10 Canadian financial services companies as measured by their total market value. Top holdings include Royal Bank, TD Bank and Brookfield Corp. The ETF launched on January 13, 2023, and holds $532.4 million in assets. The management fee is 0.65%. The Hamilton Canadian Financials Yield Maximizer ETF yields a very high 16.5%. However, the dividend income that the fund receives from its own portfolio is insufficient to cover its distribution to its unitholders. To make up the difference, the ETF aims to raise its returns by writing call options on the portfolio’s securities. While the yield on this ETF looks attractive, the sale of covered call options reduces the upside potential of its stock holdings. That’s because when the stocks that the fund owns go up, holders of…