Hartman also suggested maple bonds add diversification with more exposure to non-financial companies, since
the Canadian corporate bond market is dominated by banks.
Canadian corporate bond market lets companies access more investors and borrow money at a lower cost.
The Canadian corporate bond market is the place where very large companies go to borrow money when they start to outpace their capital growth needs.
Not exact matches
ZDB is designed to mirror the broad
Canadian market with about 70 % government and 30 %
corporate bonds and an average term of about 10 years.
HSBC Mortgage Fund HSBC
Canadian Bond Fund HSBC Emerging
Markets Debt Fund HSBC Monthly Income Fund HSBC U.S. Dollar Monthly Income Fund HSBC Global
Corporate Bond Fund
A low fee, broad
market exchange traded fund for the U.S. economy as a whole, a global ETF and a
Canadian broad ETF equally weighted to reduce concentration in banks and energy, and a 5 to 10 year
corporate bond ladder would add diversification with dividends from stocks and interest from
bonds and produce a more secure portfolio.
At the Retire Rich event weekend before last, Bortolotti presented a similarly simple - appearing portfolio: 20 %
Canadian equity, 20 % US equity, 20 % international equity, 10 % emerging
markets equity and 30 % government and
corporate bonds, with a combined MER of just 0.14 %, Bortolotti said.
These asset classes include government
bonds,
corporate bonds, real return
bonds,
Canadian stocks, US stocks, international stocks, and emerging
market stocks.
Also
Canadian corporate bonds may depreciate further in value.High Interest Bank Account instead of a money
market fund seems like a pretty good idea if the yields are higher.
Canadian Fixed Income is a site I visit frequently after the
markets close to identify changes in the fixed income
market for
Canadian bonds (government,
corporate, municipals and real return)