Topic: How To Invest

Dear Pat: Please examine the iShares S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Fund for me. Thanks.

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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Fund, $18.29, symbol XUT on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 5.6 million; Market cap: $102.4 million; ca.ishares.com), holds the 11 stocks in the S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Index. The ETF’s MER is 0.60%, and it yields 4.3%. The fund’s holdings are Fortis Inc., 21.0%; Canadian Utilities, 14.9%; Emera, 14.9%; TransAlta Corp., 13.2%; ATCO, 11.6%; Superior Plus Corp., 5.3%; Capital Power Corp., 5.0%; Northland Power, 4.7%; Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., 3.8%; and Just Energy Group, 3.7%. The weight of any one company is capped at 25% of the index’s market capitalization. As a result, every three months, if the market cap of any given stock has risen above 25% of the total market cap of all the stocks in the index, the fund will sell shares of that stock to bring its weight down to the 25% cap level. The fund then uses the sale proceeds to buy other stocks in the index on a proportional basis. We continue to think most…