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Q: If you were going to build my bond portion (40% +/-) portion of my portfolio using ETFs, how would you build that? Is there one ETF that provides a broad mix of corporate / municipal / provincial / federal, a broad laddering of periods, a mix of risk, a mix of regions, etc? Or would you build it using multiple ETFs that specialize in specific products?

Asked by Tony on September 16, 2024

5i Research Answer:

We would use a combination of general and specialized bond funds. XBB and XGB could be the...

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