Bryan joined FGP in 2007 as a senior analyst covering the Telecom and Financial sectors and became FGP's Small Cap
Canadian Equity portfolio manager in 2012.
As opposed to
their Canadian equity portfolio management brethren, Canadian bond managers should do reasonably well after the FPL is removed.
For example,
your Canadian equity portfolio could be compared against the S&P TSX Composite as represented by iShares S&P / TSX 60 Index ETF (XIU: TSX), Horizon's S&P / TSX 60 ™ Index ETF (HXT: TSX), BMO's S&P / TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (ZCN: TSX) or Vanguard's FTSE Canada Index (TSX: VCE).
18 Asset manages «long - only»
Canadian Equity portfolios (no derivatives, leverage or short selling) for Institutional and Private Clients.
Doug: It depends on the size of
the Canadian equities portfolio.
Not exact matches
We put together a virtual
portfolio of the publicly traded
equities held by members of
Canadian Business's Rich 100.
It's not all doom and gloom for
Canadian stocks / Financial Post «It has been a tough run for
Canadian investors, especially those who have stayed closer to home when it comes to their
equity portfolios.
In addition, SMART Saver women have less of their assets in cash (56 %) than other
Canadian women (66 %), and are far more likely to have
portfolio exposures to
equities, bonds and investment properties.
Prior to joining AEC, Rebecca was Director of Fund Investments for BDC Venture Capital, where she was responsible for managing an extensive
portfolio of
Canadian venture capital and private
equity fund investments.
Bill Dye, who joined Leith Wheeler in May 1985, is an analyst and
portfolio manager, and member of the firm's Management Committee with responsibility for
Canadian equities.
To provide superior long - term investment returns by investing in a diversified
portfolio of
Canadian common shares, convertible debentures and other
equity related securities.
Notably, dividend growth strategies including iShares S&P / TSX
Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF are less expensive than the broader S&P / TSX Composite Index based on price - to - book and price - to
equity ratios, according to Bloomberg data, and may be a good opportunity to potentially generate a boost to a
portfolio's overall yield.
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash assets in income - generating securities such that the 3 - year weighted average yield on the
equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
equity component of the fund's
portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the
Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX
Equity Equity Index.
Notably, dividend growth strategies including iShares S&P / TSX
Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF are less expensive than the broader S&P / TSX Composite Index based on price - to - book and price - to
equity ratios, according to Bloomberg data, and may be a good opportunity to potentially generate a boost to a
portfolio's overall yield.
Cash, eligible
Canadian and U.S.
equities, mutual funds, bonds, money market instruments, foreign investments and some options can all be held in your self - directed RSP / RIF
portfolio.
The strategy provides exposure to Sionna's large cap
equity mandate and a concentrated
portfolio of
Canadian fixed - income securities issued by federal, provincial and municipal governments.
Although the
Canadian equity market is not nearly as large as some other markets around the world, I still allocate a good portion of my
portfolio in it.
Consider that from 1970 through 2013, a
portfolio with equal amounts of
Canadian, U.S. and international
equities would have delivered an annualized return between 9 % and 10 %.
There may be a bit of home - country bias in the advice about holding a third of your
equity portfolio in
Canadian stocks.
The rest of this super simple
portfolio would be divided equally among the remaining three
equity products —
Canadian, U.S. and Global.
You should compare your
Canadian equity returns to those of an index such as the S&P / TSX Composite, your U.S.
equities to an index such as the S&P 500, and your bond
portfolio to the DEX Universe Bond Index.
Not including the cash and GIC holdings, her new
portfolio would be built from just five ETFs: one for bonds, one for real estate, and one each for
Canadian, US, and international
equities.
An example: the TD Comfort Balanced
Portfolio places 55 % in a fixed - income fund and divides the other 45 % among four
Canadian and global
equity funds, all for a combined fee of less than 2 %.
Say your
portfolio includes $ 10,000 in a
Canadian equity mutual fund, $ 10,000 in a U.S.
equity fund, and $ 20,000 in a
Canadian bond fund.
My own bias for most DIY investors is a simple four security
portfolio — a
Canadian equity ETF, a U.S.
equity ETF, an international
equity ETF and a bond ETF.
Hedging worked well in the mid-2000s and other periods when the
Canadian dollar rose dramatically, but over the long term it causes a drag on
equity returns and may even increase a
portfolio's volatility.
Looking at the stats, the
Canadian Equities (TDB900) seem to have almost consistently performed considerably better than the US
Equities (TDB902), yet you've chosen to keep your
portfolio balanced with 10 % more of the latter than the former.
Of particular note, all three pension managers have materially cut their
portfolio allocations to publicly traded
Canadian equities in the past three years.
Although Stephen Takacsy has amassed a strong base of dividend - paying stocks in the Lester
Canadian Equity Fund, the
portfolio manager is finding torque in technology names.
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.
First, the five model
portfolios seem well designed on the
equity side, with a good mix of
Canadian, US, international and emerging markets, as well as REITs — very similar to what you'd see in my Complete Couch Potato.
If you're an index investor using ETFs, I recommend going for true global diversification in the
equity portion of your
portfolio with 1/3
Canadian, 1/3 U.S. and 1/3 international stocks, the allocation for our Global Couch Potato
portfolio.
The graph above shows the performance of a
portfolio of 40 %
Canadian bonds and 60 %
equities, with the
equities divided equally between Canada, the U.S., and international markets.
A well - known
Canadian proponent of concentrated
portfolios is Steadyhand: their Small - Cap
Equity Fund, for example, includes just 17 stocks.
Bottom line: XMD is an extremely useful fund that probably should be more widely used by investors, especially those with large
portfolios who are willing to divide their
Canadian equity holdings among two funds.
Most retirees should have limited exposure to the stock market, so if you're a retiree with a high percentage of your
portfolio in
equities, you may want to sell some of your stocks and add more
Canadian bonds.
You also need a few ingredients to make a well - diversified investment
portfolio — some
Canadian equity, some U.S. and international
equity and a dollop (even a large dollop) of fixed income, perhaps in the form of bonds or a bond fund.
These are only available in the US, but
Canadians could easily build a similar
portfolio with ETFs and an extra allocation to
Canadian equities.
When I used to write the
Portfolio Makeover, a typical Bender portfolio did indeed seem to be simplicity itself: 20 % Canadian equity, 20 % U.S. equity, 20 % international equity and 40 % Canadian bonds, usually in the ETFs of Vanguard Canada or iShare
Portfolio Makeover, a typical Bender
portfolio did indeed seem to be simplicity itself: 20 % Canadian equity, 20 % U.S. equity, 20 % international equity and 40 % Canadian bonds, usually in the ETFs of Vanguard Canada or iShare
portfolio did indeed seem to be simplicity itself: 20 %
Canadian equity, 20 % U.S.
equity, 20 % international
equity and 40 %
Canadian bonds, usually in the ETFs of Vanguard Canada or iShares Canada.
The first thing you'll notice is that this is a very conventional
portfolio — if you consider the infrastructure component just a specific type of global equity (which it is), it's almost identical to Canadian Capitalist's Sleepy P
portfolio — if you consider the infrastructure component just a specific type of global
equity (which it is), it's almost identical to
Canadian Capitalist's Sleepy
PortfolioPortfolio.
A simple Couch Potato
portfolio of 40 % bonds and 60 %
equities (split evenly between
Canadian, U.S. and international stocks) did, in fact, return between 6 % and 7 % annually over the last 10 - and 20 - year periods.
Assuming an
equity portfolio that's one - third
Canadian, one - third US, and one - third international / emerging, they now project a real return of 4.7 %.
However, I think VCE will be a strong candidate for future additions to the
Canadian Equity portion of the
portfolio and if markets take a tumble, switching out of XIU will also become an option.
XTF has a couple of new
Canadian equity ETFs that use rules - based methodologies to build diversified
portfolios of
Canadian equities.
So far, we have shown that a dividend - focused
Canadian equity strategy is suboptimal in terms of building wealth (compared to other
equity portfolios) and funding retirement goals (compared to a 60/40
portfolio).
It emphasizes foreign
equity exposure, observing that, at 57 per cent domestic exposure,
Canadians are behind only Australians in having the worst level of home country bias in their
portfolios — despite the fact Canada makes up only about 3.5 per cent of global stock market capitalization.
RBC Quant
Canadian Equity Leaders ETF seeks to provide unitholders with broad exposure to the performance of a diversified portfolio of high - quality Canadian equity securities that have the potential for long - term capital g
Equity Leaders ETF seeks to provide unitholders with broad exposure to the performance of a diversified
portfolio of high - quality
Canadian equity securities that have the potential for long - term capital g
equity securities that have the potential for long - term capital growth.
The empirical evidence is powerful and any investor in
Canadian equities should consider a dividend strategy for a portion of
Canadian equity investment when trying to build a diversified
portfolio.
One final risk / return approach is to consider the impact of the addition of
Canadian equity to a
portfolio of diversified assets.
Not surprisingly we found that the frontier that uses the equally weighted dividend paying stock basket in lieu of the S&P / TSX Composite Index as representation of the
Canadian equity component of the diversified basket, provided the superior compliment to the global
portfolio yielding a superior risk / return trade - off set.