Two new ETFs for Canadian investors

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This month we highlight an ETF that provides short exposure to the highly popular “disruptive growth” ARK Innovation ETF. We also look at a fund that aims to use a quantitative model to pick the top dividend-paying stocks. TUTTLE CAPITAL SHORT INNOVATION ETF $43.66 (Nasdaq symbol SARK) provides an inverse (short) exposure to the stocks held by the popular ARK Innovation ETF (New York symbol ARKK). This fund uses derivatives to let investors profit from a decline in the potentially overvalued and unprofitable “transformational” companies held by the ARK Innovation ETF in the electric vehicle, genomics, next-gen Internet and fintech segments. This ETF effectively holds short positions in companies such as Tesla, Roku, Teladoc, Zoom, Coinbase and Spotify. The fund launched on November 9, 2021; it charges a management fee of 0.75%. It has gathered more than $340 million in the short time since its launch. The timing of the launch was optimal, as it coincided with the start of a sharp decline in the price of the underlying ARK…