I'm currently mainly with CI Investments (previously Virtual Brokers (I think)). I also have an account with Questrade and Interactive Brokers. I tend to put in a weekly GTC limit order on the weekend. Comes up to roughly 15 ETF shares (mix of veqt, xei, vcn, xlb, zag) per week. I do it weekly becau...
Feb 12th, 2024 12:36 pm
... to see if this was correct brought up this Bender site: https://www.canadianportfoliomanagerblog.com/foreign-withholding-tax-international-equity-etfs/ and https://www.canadianportfoliomanagerblog.com/currency-conversion-fees-international-equity-etfs/ He doesn't cover the affect of us/can FX ...
... best and affordable brokerage to do so. More specifically, I'm looking for a brokerage that has no or very low commission fees for buying/selling ETFs, as no management or inactivity fees, and that has the option to auto-invest into a specified fund on a monthly basis. Ideally, I would also want ...
Jan 14th, 2024 12:00 pm
... etfs Some examples of what to expect: Dividend Aristocrats Index CDZ 1.09817 27.418749 4.01% iShares S&P/TSX Composite XEI 0.38301 22.613403 1.69% ...
Dec 4th, 2023 9:36 am
Hi guys, Couple questions. 1) For ETF (Ie. S&P index) capital gains, it's half taxed correct? 2) How do I report capital gains when I've bought ETFs several times. Would I have to trace every transaction to compare their book cost vs sold price? 3) And when it comes to ETFs in a RRSP, I'll pay ...
Sep 24th, 2023 9:42 pm
OK, I've been reading up on the Couch Potato strategy using All In One ETFs like Vanguard & iShares. I only have a small amount to begin investing with ($2k). Is it best to wait until the price of these ETFs drops, or do people buy them any time? I'll be ...
... They also have commission free ETFs. https://www.bmoinvestorline.com/selfDirected/pdfs/no_commission_fee_etfs_en.pdf What are the ETFs you would like to buy? I'm starting with ZSP ...
Aug 31st, 2023 11:14 am
... announcement recently that I think is worthy of sharing with everyone. - TDAM stated that by 2023-08-31 they will realign their asset allocation ETFs by changing the underlying holdings to passive index funds. The management fee of the asset allocation funds will be reduced to 0.15% and the names ...
High interest savings ETFs now pay 5 per cent, but that’s over if regulators step in https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/investment-ideas/article-high-interest-savings-etfs-now-pay-5-per-cent-but-thats-over-if/ If RFD intercepts ...
Jun 21st, 2023 9:31 am
High interest savings ETFs now pay 5 per cent, but that’s over if regulators step in https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/investment-ideas/article-high-interest-savings-etfs-now-pay-5-per-cent-but-thats-over-if/ If RFD intercepts ...
Jun 21st, 2023 9:25 am
I have accumulated some savings from in my business savings account. Rather than having it sit there, I'd like to purchase ETFs with it, like cash.to. Does anyone know how to set up a trading account under a corporation? Assume any money made will be taxed as Business Income? Anything ...
Jun 19th, 2023 11:09 pm
https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/products/hisa-etf-rule-changes-could-lead-to-lower-rates-providers-say/Basically the are going to force the banks to change the classification of the asset which will lead them to offer a lower rate on the deposit.Goes into affect August 1st.
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May 11th, 2023 1:52 pm
https://financialpost.com/pmn/press-releases-pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/cease-trade-order-issued-for-emerge-etfsAnyone know what this means to holders of Emerge ETFs? Can this happen to other more popular ETFs and what would be the implications (looking at you Horizons ETFs)?
Apr 11th, 2023 1:23 am
Note to all Canadian Investors - 10% Withholding Tax on PTP/MLP on total sale of holdings (transaction value) effective Jan 1 2023. Buy 200 shares x $50 Transaction value = $10,000 Sell 200 shares x $ 51 Profit = $200 Transaction value = $10,200 Withholding = $1020 This means 10% of the amount of fu...
I have to restructure my portfolio and have the following accounts Cash trading TFSARSPRESPI’d like to buy XIC, XUS, XEF and XQB. What is the best tax strategy for allocating funds into the 4 accounts. Thanks
Feb 6th, 2023 6:53 pm
Anyone have experience with this broker? The only down side seems to be there is no mobile app yet.Seems to be a deal better than the other discount brokerages.
What are HISA ETFs? These are funds run by private corporations that take your money and stuff it into the same banks we use, but their accounts receive much higher interest. They receive these higher rates by having bulk/volume ...
Oct 25th, 2022 1:46 pm
My understanding is that XSP has a higher AUM and a higher trading volume, but VSP has a slightly lower MER. I've also read that the hedging cost for at least VSP (if not also for XSP) is very negligible / non-existent. What I'm not understanding is what explains the following variation in performan...
Both of these are HISA ETFs issued by Horizon. Online gave me a couple of error messages and asked me to phone in to trade. When I phoned in, they said that TD-DI doesn't allow customers to buy them because: They are not covered by CDIC ...