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Ian Tam

Reporter · CA

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Aug 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Ian Tam, CFA

    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

  2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Ian Tam, CFA

    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

  3. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Ian Tam, CFA

    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

  4. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Ian Tam, CFA

    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

  5. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Ian Tam, CFA

    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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