Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat, I have been looking for an ETF that would pay dividends and allow me to invest in the best companies throughout the world. Could you please give me your comments on the iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF?

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A: The iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF, $20.19, symbol XDG on Toronto (Units outstanding: 7.1 million; Market cap: $143.3 million; www.blackrock.com/ca) aims to track the MSCI World High Dividend Yield Index. The focus of the iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF is on large-capitalization, well-established stocks from the U.S. and other developed markets. It started up on June 7, 2017. Its MER is 0.23%, and it yields 3.4%. This fund’s top holdings are as follows: Procter & Gamble, 3.8%; Roche Holding, 2.8%; Verizon Communications, 2.8%; AT&T, 2.5%; Pfizer, 2.5%; Merck & Co., 2.4%, Cisco Systems, 2.3%; Coca-Cola, 2.2%; PepsiCo, 2.2%; and Exxon Mobil Corp., 2.1%. The country breakdown is the U.S., 59.2%; Japan, 8.2%; Switzerland, 7.0%; the U.K., 6.0%; France, 3.5%; Canada, 3.1%; Germany, 2.5%; Hong Kong, 1.9%; Australia, 1.9%; and the Netherlands, 1.7%. The iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF is okay to hold if you want to own a global dividend fund. fund…