Ian Tam
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15 cheap, but well-rated ETFs (opens the original)
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Cheapest well-rated ETFs in the most popular categories. Canadians have become far more fee-conscious investors. This is clearer than ever in Morningstar’s recent asset flows data. Over the decade ending June, 2026, investors poured more than $280-billion into funds that Morningstar classifies as having low fees, while withdrawing roughly $13-billion from funds with high fees. There were a few exceptions during periods of market stress and speculative enthusiasm, but the broader trend has been c
18 Canadian-listed actively managed bond ETFs worth considering (opens the original)
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Well rated, Canadian-listed actively managed bond ETFs. Canadians seem to have a bit of a thing for active management. Whether that reflects our resource-heavy stock market or a distribution system built around actively managed mutual funds, the result is the same: Despite plenty of low-cost passive options, most Canadian investment-fund assets remain actively managed. That love affair has spilled into our booming ETF market. From 2017 through to last month, 1,333 unique ETFs were launched in Ca
ETF and mutual fund newcomers that earned their stars (opens the original)
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Canadian mutual funds and ETFs that recently became eligible for a Morningstar Star Rating – and earned four or five stars on their first report card. If you’ve ever researched a mutual fund or ETF, you’ve probably come across Morningstar’s familiar one-to-five star rating. The rating has been around for decades and has become a popular shortcut for investors looking to compare funds. Yet many investors don’t realize that a fund must have at least three years of performance history before it can
Factor investing ETFs that have staying power (opens the original)
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Strategic beta ETF factors that have staying power. Factor investing (building an ETF around a trait such as “cheap,” “growing,” or “stable,” rather than owning one invested in the whole market) has grown into a roughly $86-billion business in Canada over the past two decades, though not smoothly. These funds go by a few names: strategic beta, smart beta, factor investing, and quantitative, to name a few. They all mean the same thing, a passive, rules-based index that deliberately tilts toward o
Why dividend investors should look under the hood on energy exposure right now (opens the original)
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Canadian‑domiciled dividend ETFs that have less exposure to energy The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent this week – its sixth hold in a row. That part was expected. The trickier question for dividend investors is what to do about the volatility sitting just underneath that headline number. Oil prices have swung from over US$100 a barrel in the spring down to the US$70s more recently, driven by the conflict between the United States and Iran, and repeated disrupti
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