New ETFs for Canadian investors

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This month we highlight an ETF that aims to profit from the popularity of a single company—Nvidia—and a second that wants to jump aboard the artificial intelligence bandwagon. NVIDIA YIELD SHARES PURPOSE ETF $30.82 (Neo Exchange symbol YNVD) invests in the common stock of Nvidia Corp. (Nasdaq symbol NVDA). The main objective of the ETF is to provide a combination of long-term capital growth and a moderate level of income. The ETF uses leverage (debt) to enhance returns. It also sells covered call and cash-covered put options to generate extra income for the fund. The ETF launched on January 17, 2024 and holds $3.8 million in assets. The management fee is 0.40%. The fund will perform well as long as the price of the underlying investment in Nvidia keeps rising. However, if the current rapid rise in Nvidia’s shares should turn into a sharp decline, investors in the ETF will experience significant losses in value as the leverage employed in the ETF starts to work against the fund. We…