iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF (XIU.TO)

HEW-T vx. XIU-T: Their performances are the safe, but HEW cost 61 basis points vs. XIU's 12. Get XIU...or XST.

A core holding in a young person’s portfolio? One of the grandaddy ETFs. Big cap stocks in Canada. Pretty good dividend, extremely liquid. Of his Canadian portfolio allocation, his primary holding is XIU. More convenient to buy one stock than it is to turn around to the market and buy the top 15-20 stocks. Cheap, effective, you might as well use it. 0.18% MER.

He's a stock-picker and prefers selecting stocks within the 60 Canadian stocks in this ETF. But this is a sensible, middle-of-the-road approach to investing in Canada. You won't lose over time.

It holds stocks for the S&P Toronto market. It is an excellent investment but you have to hold more than one investment. He would recommend also hold a US ETF and perhaps one internationally. At the end of the show he talks about a world ETF.

It is a play on the broad Canadian large cap market. There is no dividend. We have lagged the US in the Canadian market and should play some catch up. We could go up or the US could come down. You can buy it and hold it for 10 years for diversification.

Good time to buy? Look at what else you have in your portfolio. Low cost. Very basic, good replication of TSX 60. 30% financials, 20% energy, 20% base metals. Always has XIU in his portfolios. Core holding.

It is an index that represents the Canadian Economy. He thinks we will have a NAFTA deal that will boost the Canadian Economy. It is a buy and hold and be part of your core portfolio.

This will give you passive exposure to the 60 largest companies in Canada. So the ETF will mirror whatever that index does. It pays a dividend of about 3%. Absent active management , it is a good way to get passive exposure to Canadian large caps.

This will give you passive exposure to the 60 largest companies in Canada. So the ETF will mirror whatever that index does. It pays a dividend of about 3%. Absent active management , it is a good way to get passive exposure to Canadian large caps.

A good time for an entry position? Another core holding, it’s heavily weighted in the banks, it’s the largest 60 companies in the TSX. It’s something everyone should own in their portfolio. Also worth taking a look at ZIN-T. For some of the smaller investors, you might as well go to your bank and buy their Index Funds. MER are between 0.75 and .90%, no commission. It’s a great way to get into the market for smaller investors and keep the fees low. Make sure you buy into their Canadian Index Fund or their U.S Index Fund, and not into their higher fee mutual funds.

The original and the best. The world’s first launched ETF. It is pretty boring. He likes to see diversification. But this one is a large cap play on Canada. It is very, very liquid.

The premiums for options seem very, very thin. Because of the diversity that protects you? Yes. This one is just the capped TSX 60. It was designed when Nortel was a big part of the index, so they capped the exposure to one stock. This is really representative of Canada’s economy, very much dependent on raw materials and energy, and is about 30% of this one. We don’t really have that issue today. You are looking at a diversified ETF that isn’t particularly volatile. You have optimal diversification, which is why this one often underperforms the S&P 500.