The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer investment funds and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Let’s explore the best place for you to invest.
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The wait is over: New ETFs from Vanguard
– moneysense.ca
“Ask and ye shall receive.” That should be the refrain of Couch Potato investors during the last 10 months or so as the industry has filled just about all the gaps in the ETF marketplace.
First it was the flurry of S&P 500 ETFs without currency hedging: Vanguard, BMO, iShares and Horizons have all launched one since October. Then iShares brought out a pair of broadly diversified international equity ETFs, also without the hedging. Now Vanguard Canada has announced a new suite of ETFs that includes a few we’ve been eagerly awaiting.
Vanguard filed the preliminary prospectus for these new ETFs on June 19, and since new products typically appear about 90 days later, at least some should start trading by the end of summer.
First there’s the long-awaited Vanguard U.S. Total Market, an unhedged version of VUS. Its underlying holding will be the US-listed version of this fund, the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI), a core piece of my Complete Couch Potato.
While the fees for the new ETFs haven’t been announced, it’s likely this new fund will have the same 0…
First it was the flurry of S&P 500 ETFs without currency hedging: Vanguard, BMO, iShares and Horizons have all launched one since October. Then iShares brought out a pair of broadly diversified international equity ETFs, also without the hedging. Now Vanguard Canada has announced a new suite of ETFs that includes a few we’ve been eagerly awaiting.
Vanguard filed the preliminary prospectus for these new ETFs on June 19, and since new products typically appear about 90 days later, at least some should start trading by the end of summer.
First there’s the long-awaited Vanguard U.S. Total Market, an unhedged version of VUS. Its underlying holding will be the US-listed version of this fund, the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI), a core piece of my Complete Couch Potato.
While the fees for the new ETFs haven’t been announced, it’s likely this new fund will have the same 0…
ETF newcomers
– moneysense.ca
Vanguard Canada is launching a handful of highly anticipated ETFs this summer, writes our very own Canadian Couch Potato.
Attention Aeroplan members: The popular frequent flyer loyalty rewards program owned by Aimia may be switching to TD unless CIBC matches its competitor’s offer. Aimia is also planning to launch new co-branded credit cards and a new recognition program to rewards top-accumulating members.
Canadians are earning more money. Non-farm payroll earnings rose 2.2% in April 2013 compared to the same month in 2012, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
Attention Aeroplan members: The popular frequent flyer loyalty rewards program owned by Aimia may be switching to TD unless CIBC matches its competitor’s offer. Aimia is also planning to launch new co-branded credit cards and a new recognition program to rewards top-accumulating members.
Canadians are earning more money. Non-farm payroll earnings rose 2.2% in April 2013 compared to the same month in 2012, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
Tim Hortons latest target for stock activists
– thestar.com
Tim Hortons is the latest in a string of companies to be targeted by activist investors in the U.S. This could be a good thing, say experts.Stock market reacts to good news, bad news
– thestar.com
Wall Street can’t have it both ways, but can bad news actually be good for the stock market?Developing nations take bigger slice of investment pie
– theglobeandmail.com
For the first time, a UN agency reports that poor countries are attracting an increased share of global investment
