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iShares Core MSCI All Country World ex Canada Index ETF (XAW $51.41)
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Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF (VIU $42.33)
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Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF (VFV $167.57)
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Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio (VEQT $53.44)
Q: I have US stocks and CAD stocks but also want to keep a large portion of my portfolio in indexes. I have VFV and similar for trakcing S&p and have added VEQT in the last few years for world diversification. I have a small amount in XAW, but does it make sense to have more in XAW since i have a bunch of individual canadian stocks? or do you have a preference for canadians to own one of these over the other?
5i Research Answer:
If one has good representation in Canada stocks already then we would prefer the ex-Canada fund XAW over VEQT, which is 30% exposed to Canada. We think, depending on how much one is exposed to the US as well, than VIU would also be a good option here, as it is ex North America and thus overall diversification would likely improve versus the others mentioned here.
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