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Exchange Traded Funds. Exchange Traded Funds (ETF). Trade just like stocks Quick and easy to invest in Investor has the choice of which asset class to invest in Key differences between ETFs and Mutual Funds are: The hours ETFs are traded The price changes of ETFs.
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Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) • Trade just like stocks • Quick and easy to invest in • Investor has the choice of which asset class to invest in • Key differences between ETFs and Mutual Funds are: • The hours ETFs are traded • The price changes of ETFs
Exchange Traded Funds (con’t) • ETFs are used to reduce firm specific risk • ETFs state legal ownership to stocks • An ETF officially begins with a market maker • These middlemen assemble the appropriate basket of stocks • The fund manager takes a small fee of the funds annual assets
S&P 60 Index Fund - XIU • Comprised of 60 largest and most liquid securities on TSX. • Suited for individual investor due to the smaller contract size • Barclays Canada receives a fee for acting as a trustee
S&P 60 Index Fund (con’t) • XIU options allow speculators a better opportunity with a limited and known amount of risk.
S&P Capped Composite Index Fund - XIC • Long-term capital growth • Comprised of largest and most liquid securities on TSX and other ishares funds • S & P uses industrial classifications and guidelines for selecting securities • 10% cap on issuers • Susceptible to same risks as Canadian Equity Fund Index
S&P Capped Composite Index Fund (con’t) • Replicates underlying index • Advantages and disadvantages to this
S&P Capped Income Trust Index Fund - XTR • Comprised of securities of income trust issuers • Securities are selected by S&P • Replicates the performance of the S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index • Dividend and capital gains distribution • Annual trustee fee is 0.55% • Governed by a trust agreement
S&P Capped Income Trust Index Fund (con’t) • Seek to minimize risk • Some risks involved • Sector risk • Fluctuation
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