Is it time for American Express to launch an Ultra Premium Marriott Bonvoy card in Canada? + MORE May 23rd

Last year our panel didn’t love bond funds, not surprisingly after the beating the category took in 2022. If you had to invest in the asset class, stick to short-term funds with lower duration risk, our judges seemed to say.

For the first half of 2024, though, we’re happy to report the bond market has righted itself. If you bought a bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) when interest rates were peaking last fall, you might even have a small capital gain to your credit by now (in addition to interest income). And should rates decline as many market-watchers expect over the next 12 months, bond ETFs could end up doing very nicely indeed on a risk-adjusted basis with further capital appreciation.

The brighter outlook is reflected in our panel’s fund recommendations this year. The top vote-getters were, respectively, the BMO and TD Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETFs, which cover the gamut of short-, medium- and long-term bond holdings. Beyond that, the consensus broke down somewhat. There was a tie for third place between iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF (XSB) and iShares Core Canadian Long Term Bond Index ETF (XLB), reflecting differing views on the interest-rate outlook…

American Express currently offers two Marriott co-brand credit cards for Canadians, the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card and the Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card. Both cards are amazing in their own right, but when you look at other countries that have Marriott co-brand cards, many of them such as the U.S, Japan, UAE, Mexico, and […]
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