Comments on: Indexing Canadian Equities through XIU / XIC

By: Portfolio Size for Choosing ETFs over Index Funds — Canadian Capitalist

Portfolio Size for Choosing ETFs over Index Funds — Canadian Capitalist — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:36:15 +0000

[...] any MER savings. For instance, it wouldn’t make much sense to pay $30 to buy $200 worth of iShares CDN LargeCap 60 Index Fund (TSX: XIU) but you can buy index mutual funds such as the TD e-Series funds for as little as $100 (or even $25 [...]

By: The Amateur Investor Manifesto, Part 3

The Amateur Investor Manifesto, Part 3 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:00:54 +0000

[...] / 8% — iShares Composite Index (XIC) 35% / 5.6% — Claymore Canadian Fundamental Index (CRQ) 15% / 2.4% — iShares SmallCap [...]

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Recent URLs tagged Indexing - Urlrecorder — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:01:51 +0000

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By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:34:07 +0000

Doug: It depends on the size of the Canadian equities portfolio. If I invest $7,200 in XIU, I can start saving on MER after the first year (assuming a $10 commission). For XIC, it is almost $17,000. Reinvesting isn’t usually a problem because synthetic DRIPs are available for many ETFs with discount brokers.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:57:38 +0000

I’m not convinced about iShares Canadian index funds. You can get the TD Canadian Index e-Series fund for an MER of 0.31%. And you don’t have to spent time or money reinvesting your dividends.

By: Why invest your own money?

Why invest your own money? — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:27:58 +0000

[...] to the massive weighting of Nortel. Compared to the TSX Capped Composite index (which an investor can easily track using XIC) the record over the same time periods is 23%, 26%, 10% and 8.5% [...]

By: squawkfox » Gardens and Gophers Oh My!

squawkfox » Gardens and Gophers Oh My! — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:15:29 +0000

[...] Capitalist writes on iShares Index Funds in Indexing Canadian Equities through XIU and XIC. If you’re a Canadian looking to add Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to your portfolio, then [...]

By: Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup - July 12, 2008 » The Dividend Guy Blog

Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup - July 12, 2008 » The Dividend Guy Blog — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:59:02 +0000

[...] choices for Canadian [...]

By: Weekend Reading - July 11, 2008 | Million Dollar Journey

Weekend Reading - July 11, 2008 | Million Dollar Journey — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:30:59 +0000

[...] Canadian Capitalist explains the difference between the two Canadian index ETF’s XIU and XIC. [...]

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:12:59 +0000

I think HXU can be a good trading vehicle if you can get the timing right. I have developed my own timer and applied to it to HXU. Similarly, I have a US timer that I apply to US market ETF’s (both single and double exposure). Unfortunately, HXU is so new that a long term backtest is not possible. The Proshare ETF’s for US markets have been around a little longer and therefore I can backtest my timer starting in August, 2006. The results so far are, in my opinion, quite favourable but the drawdowns on the double exposure ETF’s can be gut wrenching.

Although I have developed my own timers, there are some simple rules out there for developing timers using the 20-day and 50-day moving averages that may work with HXU. It would be interesting to see if, over time, such simple timing when applied to double exposure ETF’s beats a buy-and-hold strategy.