Q: Hello 5i Team,
I have a mixed basket of ETFs across assets types (equity, bond, preferred, etc...) in my TFSA for income.
I was looking at the dividend growth over the past 5 years and noticed that many of the ETFs have had a negative growth. Namely, bond indexes (VAB,XHY, HYI, and ZEF) have trended downward as well as prefs, REITs and europe/emerging equities (CPD, XRE, and ZWE).
I was wondering why that is? Is it because of low interest rates over the years or rising debt levels(or something worse)?
Thank You,
Andrew
I have a mixed basket of ETFs across assets types (equity, bond, preferred, etc...) in my TFSA for income.
I was looking at the dividend growth over the past 5 years and noticed that many of the ETFs have had a negative growth. Namely, bond indexes (VAB,XHY, HYI, and ZEF) have trended downward as well as prefs, REITs and europe/emerging equities (CPD, XRE, and ZWE).
I was wondering why that is? Is it because of low interest rates over the years or rising debt levels(or something worse)?
Thank You,
Andrew