Low Volatility: Equity Upside with Downside Protection
ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media

Low Volatility: Equity Upside with Downside Protection

Low volatility strategies offer investors a less risky way to participate in the equity market, and these strategies have performed well in a number of different market environments. This is supported by over 90 years of empirical data, which show that, relative to the broad market, low-volatility strategies offer better stability, higher risk-adjusted and absolute returns, and shallower drawdowns in volatile markets.

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U.S. Preferreds: Higher Income Opportunities
ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media

U.S. Preferreds: Higher Income Opportunities

Fixed income securities have been under pressure in 2022 from several fronts: rapidly increasing interest rates, higher inflation, global uncertainty in (what we hope is) the tail-end of the COVID-19 pandemic and topping it off, the Russia-Ukraine war. Despite all this, there is some good news for investors: yields in some pockets of the fixed-income space have now increased to the point where meaningful income is available, especially in coupon-rich segments like U.S. Preferreds. To illustrate, we highlight the features of a pair of adjustable U.S. Preferred issues from two major financial services issuers: one recent, and one completed several months ago.

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So Long, “Lower for Longer”
ETF Insights Keith Wu, Head of Exchange Traded Funds Customer Success, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange ETF Insights Keith Wu, Head of Exchange Traded Funds Customer Success, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange

So Long, “Lower for Longer”

For well over a decade, market sentiment has been that we are in an environment where we need to navigate around the reality that interest and inflation rates are going to be “lower for longer”. Investment firms, insurance companies, banks and others braced for this reality, wondering if the next year would in fact be different.

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Growth Trajectory of Canadian ETF Industry
ETF Insights TMX money & RBC iShares ETF Insights TMX money & RBC iShares

Growth Trajectory of Canadian ETF Industry

In this video, Helen Hayes, Head of iShares Canada and Doug Coulter, President RBC Global Asset Management discuss the growth trajectory for ETFs in the coming years and how ETFs are systematically making investing more convenient and accessible for everyone.

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Three Years of Industry Progress with RBC iShares
ETF Insights TMX money & RBC iShares ETF Insights TMX money & RBC iShares

Three Years of Industry Progress with RBC iShares

In this video, Helen Hayes, Head of iShares Canada and Doug Coulter, President of RBC Global Asset Management reflect on three years of the RBC iShares alliance and discuss how they believe sustainable and fixed income ETFs will drive continued growth in the industry.

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ETF 101: What Are ETFs?
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ETF 101: What Are ETFs?

ETFs are investment funds that hold: bonds, stocks, gold bullion, and cryptocurrencies. Canadian ETFs track a wide range of different asset classes via indexes. Most ETFs are tied to index products, including both equity or fixed-income funds

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Made by Canadians, for Canadians
ETF Insights Keith Wu, Head of Exchange Traded Funds Customer Success, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange ETF Insights Keith Wu, Head of Exchange Traded Funds Customer Success, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange

Made by Canadians, for Canadians

When it comes to Exchange Traded Funds, Toronto Stock Exchange is a world leader. ETFs listed on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) represent nearly 10% of the 10,000 ETFs listed around the world , with 99% of all ETF trades in Canada are on TSX listed ETFs .

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