Q: Can you shed any light on the 2.75% decline in XLB over the last 30 days? Thank you
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BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZHY)
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BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZLC)
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iShares Core Canadian Long Term Bond Index ETF (XLB)
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iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) (XHY)
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BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZJK)
Q: Please rate these as BUY; HOLD; or IGNORE. My purpose, of course, is market down turn protection.
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iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold Index ETF (XGD)
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iShares Core Canadian Long Term Bond Index ETF (XLB)
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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF (XEG)
Q: If we are headed to zero / negative interest rates, I am thinking of playing this thesis by purchasing XLB to capture the capital gain on the interest rate reduction and XGD should do well in a low / negative rate environment. The balance of the portfolio is VBAL and XEG. What do you think? Thank you
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