http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/index-etfs-iunits-or-ishares/ Helping you invest and prosper Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/index-etfs-iunits-or-ishares/#comment-61863 Pitfalls of the Sleepy Portfolio Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:02:52 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=182#comment-61863 [...] foreign content in retirement accounts was capped at 30%. If I were launching now, I would replace the XSP and XIN with their US counterparts IVV and EFA, as they are cheaper to own and hedging currency exposure is probably unnecessary over the very [...] [...] foreign content in retirement accounts was capped at 30%. If I were launching now, I would replace the XSP and XIN with their US counterparts IVV and EFA, as they are cheaper to own and hedging currency exposure is probably unnecessary over the very [...]

]]> http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/index-etfs-iunits-or-ishares/#comment-21282 US Dollar vs. Canadian Dollar Investments Inside RRSP? at Investing Intelligently Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:56:29 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=182#comment-21282 [...] The Canadian Capitalist has mentioned USD currency exposure a lot in the past and in fact just re-iterated his opinion on it today, “I believe that investors with a reasonably long-term view (more than 10 years) should ignore currency fluctuations, as it is impossible to precisely predict currency movements even in the near-term.” In other words, I think what he’s saying is that the currency fluctuations will help you some years and hurt you in others but over the long term your return in CAD will probably be fairly close to the return in USD. A while back he talked about the difference between iShares and iUnits (the Canadian ones, now also called iShares). He later said he would have used the USD versions rather than the CAD versions if he were to start the Sleepy Portfolio all over. [...] [...] The Canadian Capitalist has mentioned USD currency exposure a lot in the past and in fact just re-iterated his opinion on it today, “I believe that investors with a reasonably long-term view (more than 10 years) should ignore currency fluctuations, as it is impossible to precisely predict currency movements even in the near-term.” In other words, I think what he’s saying is that the currency fluctuations will help you some years and hurt you in others but over the long term your return in CAD will probably be fairly close to the return in USD. A while back he talked about the difference between iShares and iUnits (the Canadian ones, now also called iShares). He later said he would have used the USD versions rather than the CAD versions if he were to start the Sleepy Portfolio all over. [...]

]]> http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/index-etfs-iunits-or-ishares/#comment-105 Arbee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=182#comment-105 Alex, I thought I'd make a post from your comment :) Alex, I thought I’d make a post from your comment

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