Jon Chevreau recently blogged (see John Bogle says investors getting killed by ETFs) on John Bogle’s analysis of returns experienced by investors in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and the results are not pretty: In 68 out of 79 ETFs, the returns experienced by investors lagged that of the ETFs themselves by an average of 4.5%. Bogle [...]
The tax issue created by Canadian ETFs that simply hold ETFs trading in the US is seldom discussed but the additional tax drag is worth highlighting. Take for instance, the iShares CDN MSCI EAFE ETF (XIN), which holds the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA). EFA holds foreign stocks that trade in the UK, Japan, [...]
I passed along reader questions received in an earlier post on Claymore Broad Emerging Markets ETF (CWO) to Som Seif, President of Claymore Investments. Here’s his response:
Currently, 100% of CWO’s holding is the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO). Does CWO plan to hold emerging market stocks directly in the future? If CWO does plan to [...]
