Comments on: Adding Canada to Your Portfolio

By: A Tour of ETFs: Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US ETF (VEU)

A Tour of ETFs: Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US ETF (VEU) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:41:00 +0000

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By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:46:31 +0000

thc: Good point about asset correlation. But the TSE index is not perfectly correlated with the S&P 500. The correlation is 0.66 for the 1978-1997 time period, which is not too bad. Also, note that correlation is time sensitive and might be quite different in the future. For better or worse, the Canadian market has a high weighting in energy and materials that many analysts think will perform well in the future. I still think a small weighting in the resource-rich Canadian market is appropriate.

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Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:06:58 +0000

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By: thc

thc — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:14:51 +0000

Not that there aren’t some fine Canadian companies to invest in, but if you’re looking for international diversification, the Canadian stock market has a high correlation to the U.S market–hence, not the best place for international exposure.

By: » Carnival of Personal Finance #21 by Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:24:03 +0000

[...] Canadian Capitalist discusses why you should consider giving yourself a little exposure to the Canadian market as part of your equity allocation to international stocks. [...]

By: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

Blueprint for Financial Prosperity — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:29:36 +0000

Carnival of Personal Finance #21

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By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:19:38 +0000

Risks in Your Canadian Investments

Since there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, investing in Canada does involve some risks: The Canadian market is dominated by the finance and resources sectors. The risks of concentration in these two sectors can be seen from…

By: Chrees

Chrees — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 06:44:12 +0000

I think it definitely is worth a post. I was surprised to find some small-cap companies in the area I like to invest (medical breakthroughs) interlisted. I look forward to retiring comfortably, thanks in part to a Canadian company. Fingers crossed, of course.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:29:49 +0000

Chrees:

You are right. A large percentage of Canadian stocks are interlisted.

ValueLine covers a number of them as I mentioned in this post. Maybe, this is a topic for a future post

By: Chrees

Chrees — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:57:12 +0000

You probably mention this elsewhere (I just discovered the site), but there are some Canadian companies whose stock is traded on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and one of the U.S. boards.

Have recently bought into one such stock myself, and look forward to seeing how it does.