ETFs

Six new ETFs from iShares

Vendors are cranking out ETFs faster than you can keep up with them. iShares Canada has added the following six ETFs to its existing line up:

The iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (TSX:XBZ) holds the US-listed ETF of the same name (NYSE Arca: EWZ) and tracks the Brazilian stock market. The MER is 0.75%.
The iShares [...]

BMO expands its ETF line up (again)

Last Fall, BMO expanded its lineup of ETFs by 9 new funds. Recently, BMO has once again added nine new ETFs to its lineup. They are:
BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZCM). MER: 0.30%
BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZLC). MER: 0.30%
BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (ZAG). MER: 0.28%
BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF (ZGI). MER: [...]

Performance of the Currency-Neutral MSCI EAFE Index Fund

I’ve looked at the tracking error of S&P 500 currency-neutral funds in past years but the tracking errors in the iShares CDN MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to CAD Dollars Index (TSX: XIN) remained a mystery because I didn’t have the annual return data for the MSCI EAFE Index* in local currency. XIN holds the iShares [...]