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iSHARES SP TSX COMP HIGH DIV INDEX ETFXEI.TOCOMMENTAug 07, 2015
John HoodStock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 19, 2026. Market Open.
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Likes some of these solid, large-cap dividend names. Interest rate environment's on pause, likely to fall, beneficial for dividend-type stocks. Excellent name.
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Tough place to be with rising interest rates. Yield is 5.2%. MER is 22 bps. Will rebound once interest rates start to calm down.
Stan WongLikes it for dividends. Lots of large-cap banks and pipelines. Defensive, fairly conservative. Names like TD, CNQ, RY, SU, ENB. Very good dividend yield of 5.1%. Banks are cheap right now, so potential for a pretty good move up. Once interest rates fall, the telcos in this particular ETF will perform well.
Stan Wong~4.9% dividend yield very safe (mostly defensive names).
Comprised of mainly infrastructure and utility names.
Conservative name to own for the long term.
Stan WongXEI pays a 4.89% dividend yield, trades at an 11x PE and a 0.91 beta. Volumes average 73,300 so daily trading can be a little choppy, but a dealbreaker. XEI charges only a 0.22% MER. If you’re skittish the banks and are an ESG investor, avoid XEI. All others, give this a look. Read Canadian dividend payers for our full analysis.
He likes XHU-T, VDY-T and XEI-T, which he owns. All include financials and pipelines.
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He likes this. iShares dropped the price. It was around 45-50 basis points and they dropped it to 20. A very good dividend ETF and he doesn’t see anything wrong with it, but there is some oil exposure that could continue to decline, so be a little bit cautious. (See Past Picks.)