You have heard by now that Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump hope to start “infrastructure banks” and that they will boost the economy… Don’t just get caught up in the rhetoric or the trade of the day. Look through the ETF and see what you
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Continuing our focus on building smart ETF portfolios, we have with us today Rohit Mehta, Executive VP, First Asset Exchange Traded Funds. We are going to look at Value and Momentum strategies that First Asset has brought to Canada. They are one of the early
As The Investor’s Guide to Thriving is now 8 shows into its latest 25-stop Cross-Canada tour. Thus far, the feedback has been that audiences are loving the big screen and big sound experience we’re able to deliver using our new movie theater format. Victoria and
It turns out a great many of the protesters, sporting “not my President” banners, around America this week actually didn’t vote at all. Now they’re upset about the outcome? Sorry kids, that’s how democracy works, you have to stand up and be counted BEFORE the
According to popular U.S. statistician Nate Silver’s fivethirtyeight.com, the odds of a Clinton White House were down to 65.6 per cent when I wrote this article (on Friday, Nov 4th). Two weeks ago, before the latest e-mail saga, Hillary Clinton was pushing 90 per cent
Multi-factor models have been increasingly popular in recent years. The whole smart indexing space has been the fastest growing area for the past few years and is projected to be the fastest growing area for the next decade. iShares expects an annual global growth rate
This week’s Guest is Scott Boniferro, vice-president global investment strategies at Invesco (PowerShares) exchange traded funds (ETFs). In recent weeks we have been focusing on the fastest growing area of ETFs, factor investing also known as smart beta or smart indexing. As a reminder, the
In this week’s Globe and Mail: “When the people who make the decision to move rates do not know where they will be, who does?” For the record, here is what the Federal Reserve “dot plot” looks like, in which the members of the FED
This week’s Guest is Kevin Prins, vice-president of BMO exchange traded funds (ETFs). Last week we introduced the idea of smart ETFs and looked at alternative “factor” based indexing methodologies compared to the traditional market capitalization indexes. BMO ETFs are the largest provider of Smart
Larry takes a look at “smart” ETFs with superior result using a value approach and a growth approach – they beat the market index, but how did they do it, and how can you build a portfolio that is likely to have better results in