Dingle Dangle

Actively Managed ETFs Coming into Their Own

And the S&P500 is up 4.2%, so are these really coming into their own, or are we likely to see many of the same probalems mutual funds have (volatile and poor performance over the long-term) while the product is disguised as something different having been setup as an ETF?

Are 2 New Canadian iShares ETF Worthwhile?

By trading on the TSX an investor will not have to convert their CAD to USD before buying (a cost generally ~1%) and the same on the way back again.

This is a serious saving for most retail investors and will offset the higher fees unless an investor is planning on holding for the long term.

An investor would have to hold the product for more than 20 years for the 0.1% additional annual fee to be larger than the alternate 2% FX fees (1% in and 1% out).