TSX ETF Investor Centre
Why It’s Time To Add Europe
With U.S. markets near peak valuations, investors are finding value in European equities, which are at historic discounts. Supported by global economic recovery, cooling inflation, and resilient earnings, European stocks, are expected to advance.
Real Assets For Persistent Inflation
With inflation likely here to stay for the foreseeable future, investors should look for strategies that perform well in inflationary environments. Discover how real assets can help protect your portfolio from inflation.
A Potential Tax-Effective Alternative to GICs
On October 26, 2022, the Bank of Canada announced another 50 basis points increase to the overnight rate in an attempt to control inflation, increasing the target overnight rate to 3.75%. As a result of the sharp rate hikes this year, all major Canadian fixed income indices are down significantly, and fixed income investors may want to look for alternative investment opportunities for income and capital preservation.
Fall Into ETF Investing: Time To Take Another Look At Bond ETFs
In this session we will break down how rising rates and the fed’s aggressive stance on policy tightening are impacting the bond market negatively but how investors shouldn’t give up on bonds altogether. The asset class’s role as a long-term diversifier and hedge in your portfolio may be needed in this economic environment.
Dividend Growth – Resiliency in Volatile Markets
The MSCI World Index and MSCI World Information Technology Index (a proxy for high growth stocks) have reached bear market territory, falling more than 25% year to date. Most of this year’s stock market decline has come from earnings multiple contraction driven by rising inflation and interest rates. However, dividend growth stocks (represented by the MSCI World Dividend Masters Index) have shown strong resilience and outperformed both indices during this year’s market downturn with less volatility as shown in the chart and table below.
2019 Bulls versus 1970s Bears: What Does it Mean for Investors in 2022?
2022 has been a challenging year for investors. When faced with periods of uncertainty, investors naturally look to the past to try and glean patterns that could be used to infer the future.
Inflation Is Here to Stay
To say inflation has been running hot might be an understatement without proper context. On August 10, 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the Consumer Price Index in the U.S. increased by 8.6% from the prior year through July. This was down only marginally from last month when the year-over-year inflation through June rate came in at 9.1%, which was a 40+ year high. The chart below shows that inflation began to take hold in early 2021 as vaccines were rolled out and the economy began to recover from the pandemic. While initially thought to be deflationary, the pandemic became a powerful inflationary force around the world as consumers, whose balance sheets were buoyed by government support, purchased goods at a record pace while supply, which was negatively impacted by pandemic shutdowns, could not keep up.
Are central banks losing their credibility on fighting inflation?
Markets could be losing faith in dovish narratives that seem to have been anchoring interest rates.
Learn more about how bond investors can protect their portfolio in period of rising interest rates.
2022 is the Year for Dividend Growers to Shine
2022 has had a turbulent start following a 29% gain for the S&P 500 and a 25% up year for the S&P/TSX Composite in 2021.
INFLATION CONCERNS IN THE POST-COVID ECONOMY
Given the historic levels of fiscal and monetary stimulus during the pandemic, inflation concerns are rising. Ahmed Farooq, SVP, Head of Retail ETF Distribution at Franklin Templeton looks at how expectations for rising prices is impacting fixed income markets.
Les craintes inflationnistes augmentent en raison de la mise en place de mesures de relance budgétaire et monétaire en réponse à la pandémie de la COVID-19. Ahmed Farooq, premier vice-président et chef de la distribution de FNB de détail à la firme Franklin Templeton, examine la façon dont les attentes de la hausse des cours influent sur les marchés de titres à revenu fixe.