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iShares Canadian Financial Monthly Income ETF (FIE $9.88)
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iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF (XEI $34.11)
Q: Hi gang, 66 year old dividend investor here. I own both FIE @ 6.57% of my portfolio and XEI @ 5.1%. The big difference I see is that FIE holds 18.99% Canadian preferred and 9.1% Cdn Corp bonds. FIE also has a much higher MER at .74% vice .22% for XEI. Both hold all the big banks. Both have dividends roughly the same and pay monthly. I'm up considerably with both.
I'm wondering if I should sell XEI and dump into FIE. Would it be worth it to save the .22% MER on XEI and not pay the MER on both. Or should I just carry on with both. Thanks for your thoughts, Bill.
I'm wondering if I should sell XEI and dump into FIE. Would it be worth it to save the .22% MER on XEI and not pay the MER on both. Or should I just carry on with both. Thanks for your thoughts, Bill.
5i Research Answer:
We can't get personal, but XEI is larger, cheaper, and has better long term performance (5 year...