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Ask the Spud: Should I Unbundle My ETF?
Q: What do you think of investing directly in Canadian REITs instead of buying an ETF? It may be possible to achieve similar results without paying th [...]
Vanguard ETFs Get New Indexes
Vanguard has announced it is changing the benchmark indexes on four of its Canadian and 22 of its US ETFs, including some of its most popular funds. O [...]
Another 5 Underrated Index Funds
Last week I presented a list of five Canadian ETFs I feel are underused compared with their billion-dollar competitors. Here’s are three more ETFs and [...]
5 ETFs That Should Be More Popular
In high school, the popular kids aren’t always the one’s with the best qualities. More often they’re the ones with the good looks, charm, and nice car [...]
Foreign Withholding Tax: Which Fund Goes Where?
My previous post on foreign withholding taxes included a lot of information for investors to puzzle over. But unless you’re an accountant, you probabl [...]
Foreign Withholding Tax Explained
The Couch Potato strategy calls for a significant allocation to US and international stocks. When you live in a country with a small, poorly diversifi [...]
An ETF Pricing Puzzle
On Monday I looked at the relationship between an ETF’s daily trading volume and its liquidity. Unlike an individual stock, an infrequently traded ETF [...]
ETF Liquidity and Trading Volume
One of the most common misunderstandings about ETFs is that their daily trading volume has a large effect on their liquidity. Some investors avoid ETF [...]
Vanguard Announces Five New ETFs
When I spoke with Vanguard’s managing director Atul Tiwari back in June, he said the company would be announcing a new suite of ETFs in the coming mon [...]
More ETFs Close Their Doors
This month, two ETF providers in the US announced they were closing shop. First up was FocusShares (associated with the online brokerage Scottrade), w [...]
