Dividend vs. Index Investing, or Both?

Dividend vs. Index Investing, or Both?

What are the key differences between dividend and index investing?
Dividend investing focuses on stocks that pay regular cash distributions to shareholders, while index investing aims to replicate the performance of a broad market index by holding a diversified portfolio of securities.

One big advantage of index… Read More

A Yield to Caution

BMO INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND ETF $24 (Toronto symbol ZDI; Units outstanding: 21.2 million; Market cap: $508.8 million; Dividend yield: 4.05%; www.bmoetfs.ca) offers exposure to a portfolio of high-yield dividend-paying companies in developed markets. The fund excludes North American firms.
The fund started up in November 2014. Its MER is… Read More

Q: Pat: I recently bought some of the BMO International Dividend ETF. Could you give me your opinion on this ETF? I’ve been an Inner Circle member for years and am very happy with your advice.

A: BMO International Dividend ETF, $24.05, symbol ZDI on Toronto (Units outstanding: 20.8 million; Market cap: $500.2 million; www.bmoetfs.ca), offers exposure to a portfolio of high-yield dividend-paying companies in developed markets. The fund excludes North American firms but can include foreign ADRs trading on U.S…. Read More

Boost your gains with these top IT funds

Information technology has been the best-performing market segment over the past 25 years, although there have been some big downs along with the big ups. Going forward, we still see top information technology stocks—and the ETFs that hold them—as an attractive component of an investor’s… Read More

These dividend ETFs offer you regular income

Higher interest rates mean dividend-paying stocks must increasingly compete with fixed-income investments for investor interest. However, sustainable dividends still offer an attractive and growing income stream for investors.
Meanwhile, dividend-focused ETFs often follow strategies that can set investors up for maximum long-term gains with the least… Read More

Q: Pat, I am 75 years old and have a million-dollar-plus investment portfolio, mainly in blue chip, dividend-paying stocks. I recently bought some of the BMO International Dividend ETF. Could you give me your opinion on this ETF? Note—I’ve been an Inner Circle member for years.

A: BMO International Dividend ETF, $21.63, symbol ZDI on Toronto (Units outstanding: 20.1 million; Market cap: $434.8 million; www.bmoetfs.cawww.bmoetfs.ca), offers exposure to a portfolio of high-yield dividend-paying companies in developed markets. The fund excludes North American firms but can include foreign ADRs trading on U.S…. Read More

Two new ETFs for Canadian investors

This month we highlight a new ETF from Roundhill Financial that invests in companies at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence (AI) products and services. We also look at an enhanced dividend fund from TD Bank.
Roundhill Financial launched the GENERATIVE AI ETF $27.72 (New York symbol CHAT) on May… Read More

High-yield ETFs—two buys, one avoid

High interest rates mean dividend-paying stocks must increasingly compete for investor interest with bonds and other fixed-income instruments. However, focusing on sustainable dividends still offers an attractive and growing income stream for investors—as long as you avoid the riskier strategies that some ETF managers use… Read More

Emerging funds can offer long-term potential

With the current market troubles, many ETFs focused on emerging markets have dropped more than the overall markets. That’s in large part because a growing U.S. economy and sharply rising interest rates have pushed up the U.S. dollar. This typically results in capital flowing to… Read More

Two new ETFs for Canadian investors

This month we highlight an ETF from Fidelity that invests in companies involved in the development of the metaverse. That’s in addition to an ETF from Horizons that invests in Canadian utility companies.
FIDELITY TOTAL METAVERSE INDEX ETF $9.42 (Toronto symbol FMTV) invests globally in companies that contribute to… Read More