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Q: I am looking at hedged ETF's and specifically VSP. I was interested to see how well the ETF tracked the index and found that over a 5 year time frame - it underperformed by about 11%. (Total return for VSP is 81.0% and SPX is 93.33% - The Vanguard US ETF - VOO tracks SPX almost exactly.)

I am assuming that this underperformance is because the hedging strategy is not perfect?? .......or does the 11% difference represent the cost of hedging?? Also - would other hedged ETF's have similar comparisons??
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Gary on December 05, 2024
Q: Today Peter requested "a list of companies domiciled in Canada but pay dividends in USD". Would it be reasonable to consider that those companies have would not be affected by tariffs imposed by the US?
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on December 05, 2024
Q: I unfortunately own GXE and learned from this site that around 2/3 of the company will be disposed of in early 2025. The paper napkin math indicates that the current market price should be around 90 cents per share (offer of 61 cents for 2/3 of the company plus around 30 cents for the 1/3 that will be transferred to Newco).
How is the current price only 54 cents and dropping? Even the cash offer of 61 cents is notably higher while Newco is valued at zero. What am I missing?
Read Answer Asked by DAVE on December 05, 2024