The Canadian economy ranks among the top 10 economies of the world by nominal GDP numbers. A country with vast terrestrial land which are filled with abundant resources offers one of the most stable, robust and self-reliant economies. The economy is ably supported by a low-corruption environment, friendly immigration policies which attract global talent, and low income disparity. A next-door neighbor of the US, it has huge trade turnover. Benefit from investing in the stocks and bonds of Canada using the exchange-traded funds route, which is a good and low-cost medium for taking a position in the collective baskets of stocks of a particular nation. A few Canada exchange-traded funds (ETF) are available for trading and investments on the American stock exchanges. through which investors can take a shot at investments in Canada. One may explore the different stocks and sector-wise list of Canadian market at FKnol.com's Canada Stocks Section. Following is the list of all 14 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Canada category:
POTX tracks an index of developed market companies related to cannabis, hemp & CBD. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Semi-Annually
Category: Small Cap Blend Equities
Interest Rate Hedged 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF (CLYH)
IGBH is an actively managed fund (albeit in name only) that holds the iETF Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (IGLB) and uses derivatives to hedge out interest rate risk. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Monthly
Category: Corporate Bonds
The First Trust Canada AlphaDex tracks an index of Canadian equities that uses a tiered equal-weighting scheme and a multifactor proprietary selection process. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly
Category: Large Cap Blend Equities
The iShares International Preferred Stock ETF tracks a market weighted index of non-US issued and traded preferred stocks. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Monthly
Category: Preferred Stock/Convertible Bonds
MJ tracks a market-cap-weighted index of global firms engaged in the legal cultivation, production, marketing or distribution of cannabis, cannabinoids or tobacco products. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Monthly
Category: Real Estate
ZCAN tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Canadian stocks. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Semi-Annually
Category: Foreign Large Cap Equities
The SPDR Solactive Canada ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Canadian stocks. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Semi-Annually
Category: Foreign Large Cap Equities
ALTS tracks an index of 7 alternative ETFs, issued by ProShares. The index allocates to the ETFs with an optimizer that aims to maximize risk-adjusted returns. The optimizer assumes investors have existing positions in stocks and bonds. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly
Category: Long Short
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Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust (FXC)
The Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust tracks the changes in value of the Canadian dollar relative to the US dollar. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Monthly
Category: Currency
The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Canada ETF tracks an index of large- and midcap Canadian stocks, hedged against movements in the Canadian dollar for US investors. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Semi-Annually
Category: Foreign Large Cap Equities
The Franklin FTSE Canada ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Canadian stocks. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Semi-Annually
Category: Foreign Large Cap Equities
The JPMorgan BetaBuilders Canada ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Canadian equities. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually
Category: Foreign Large Cap Equities
The iShares MSCI Canada ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Canadian stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, excluding all small-caps. ...Detailed Profile ...Candlestick Patterns. Dividend Frequency: Semi-Annually
Category: Foreign Large Cap Equities
There may be a few funds which may have big exposure to the Candian currency (CAD). Investors should note that investments in securities with foreign exposure comes with the inherent risk of forex currency fluctuations, and may impact the net returns. The expense ratio of such ETFs may also be higher considering the increased cost of acquiring overseas stocks.
Where do Canada ETFs Invest?
Investment companies of Canada whose stocks may be purchased by Canada ETFs may include those like Shopify Inc (SHOP), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Canadian National Railway Co (CNR), Enbridge Inc (ENB), Barrick Gold Corp (ABX), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Brookfield Asset Management Inc (BAM.A), TC Energy Corp (TRP), Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Franco-Nevada Corp (FNV), Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (ATD.B), Manulife Financial Corp (MFC).