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Hedging Your Bets With Currency-Hedged ETFs: O Canada

Justin2020-08-31T15:44:05+00:00August 31st, 2020|5 Comments

Welcome back to our series on currency-hedged equity ETFs. In our last post, BlackRock’s Steven Leong and I described how and why these securitie

Hedging Your Bets With Currency-Hedged ETFs: An Overview

Justin2020-08-18T20:34:48+00:00August 18th, 2020|0 Comments

Hello again, Canadian Portfolio Manager friends. Recently, we took you on an epic odyssey into global currency exposure in your foreign equity ET

Understanding Your ETF’s Currency Exposure (Part 3)

Justin2020-07-07T01:09:56+00:00July 23rd, 2020|6 Comments

“Dot-U” Equity ETFs Today on our Canadian Portfolio Manager blog, we reach the final part in our 3-part series on ETF investments and their forei

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Podcast 10: All That Glitters Are Gold ETFs

Justin2020-10-08T13:03:38+00:00October 8th, 2020|8 Comments

In Episode 10 of the Canadian Portfolio Manager Podcast, Justin analyzes the historical returns of gold from 1972 to 2019 to help Canadian invest

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Hedging Your Bets With Currency-Hedged ETFs: O Canada

Justin2020-08-31T15:44:05+00:00August 31st, 2020|5 Comments

Welcome back to our series on currency-hedged equity ETFs. In our last post, BlackRock’s Steven Leong and I described how and why these securities work, and touched on when they might appeal to an investor. We also pointed out that we’re focusing on equity ETFs in this series. Given the stabilizing role they’re supposed to play in your portfolio, a

Asset Allocation ETFs

Canadian Portfolio Manager Podcast…Coming Soon!

Justin2019-07-10T01:41:01+00:00July 8th, 2019|16 Comments

Breaking Up With Your Vanguard Asset Allocation ETF

Justin2019-06-24T15:25:26+00:00June 19th, 2019|56 Comments

Tax-Efficiency of Vanguard’s Asset Allocation ETFs

Justin2019-06-24T15:25:49+00:00June 5th, 2019|35 Comments

Breaking News, Familiar Ground: iShares Asset Allocation ETFs

Justin2019-06-24T15:43:27+00:00December 13th, 2018|116 Comments

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What’s New With My Model ETF Portfolios (and Why)?

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How to Build an ETF Portfolio at Questrade

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How to Build an ETF Portfolio at National Bank Direct Brokerage

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How to Build an ETF Portfolio at Scotia iTRADE

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Hedging Your Bets With Currency-Hedged ETFs: An Overview

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Understanding Your ETF’s Currency Exposure (Part 3)

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Podcast 10: All That Glitters Are Gold ETFs

Justin2020-10-08T13:03:38+00:00October 8th, 2020|8 Comments

In Episode 10 of the Canadian Portfolio Manager Podcast, Justin analyzes the historical returns of gold from 1972 to 2019 to help Canadian investors decide whether the shiny yellow metal deserves a place in their portfolio. Using the data, Justin sets out to determine if any of the hype is warranted – has gold historically been a decent safe haven,