Definitely not your typical
plain vanilla holding.
Definitely not your typical
plain vanilla holding.
Not exact matches
Both are
plain vanilla and
hold all the 30 shares of the Index.
It's very expensive to
hold VXX, just like it's expensive to
hold a
plain vanilla option.
In contrast,
plain -
vanilla products like DJP and GSG simply
hold the nearest - to - expire contract on each of their commodities.
The sum total of these two effects is to drive down the cost of
holding plain vanilla index funds down toward zero.
If you dig deeper you'll also find that XTR
holds only
plain -
vanilla stock and bond funds, while ZIM includes some more exotic investments such as floating - rate notes, emerging market bonds and a couple of ETFs that write call and put options on their underlying stocks to generate more income.
Investors can also supplement
plain -
vanilla holdings like these with distinctive, non-indexlike strategies.
The market value of their
holdings will increase far faster than that of the
plain vanilla holder.
Investors who are in their accumulation stage will likely prefer the tax advantages and lower cost of buying - and -
holding plain vanilla stock index ETFs.
With a management fee of 0.45 %, you'll pay 9 times more to
hold the iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Canada Index ETF (XFC), compared to its
plain -
vanilla counterpart, the iShares Core S&P / TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (XIC).