ETF Insight

BMO ETFs’ Assets Under Management as at May 31, 2021, are estimated to have risen by some 2.4% from the end of April, respectively 8.7% from the end of 2020 (Total AUM May 31: CAD 80.6 Bn) For May, we estimate net new creations to have brought in 69% of…

With many commodity prices having risen sharply in the past year, and the prospect of above-average economic growth spurred by excess(ive) liquidity, respectively pent-up demand, as well as earlier production curtailments, inflation data is continuing to capture its fair share of headlines. Pictures such as this one … obviously capture…

Some Kind of Triggering Economic Event …       Having done a great job of fanning the great Canadian real estate “bubble”, the Bank of Canada now warns of risks as far as potential negative feedback effect, in the event of a “triggering event”. Are they trying to pre-emptively…

Priced-in Perfection? (TWTW – May 3-7, 2021) This week had it all, in my books! WealthSimple (Simple if you are WealthSimple?) To wit – has Canada’s financial space gone “SPAC tactics”? Call Justin, someone, please! Ok, not Justin T, the PM, no, the Bieb! That’s probably now what it’s going…

Vanguard Canada is Canada’s 3rd largest (and sole independent one amongst the largest 3) ETF providers. As of the end of April 30, 2021, AUM across the firm’s ETF offered aggregates to slightly over CAD 38 Billion, up from marginally over CAD 25 Billion as of 12 months ago, an…

Sell in May … Go away? (TWTW – April 26-30, 2021) Naturally, I am being cheeky with that title … wish it were that easy – don’t you? Seasonality: For those of us who have been in the business a while (most of us, presumably …), the concept, or rationale…