Equities continue to dominate Canadian ETF flows. Hear about this trend and more in today’s episode, as Erika Toth, David Cheng, and your host, Mckenzie Box, dive into the themes shaping markets this spring, including redemptions of HISA ETFs, rate cut expectations, the bounce back of balanced portfolios, and a retirement wave.

McKenzie Box is Vice President of Product Management and Strategy at BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM). She is joined on the podcast by Erika Toth, a Director of Institutional and Advisory for Eastern Canada at BMO GAM, and David Cheng, an ETF and Quantitative Analyst at BMO Capital Markets. The episode was recorded live on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

Report: ETFs – Industry and Flows Update (April 2024)

ETFs mentioned in the podcast:

BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Ticker: ZST)

BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF (Ticker: ZUT)

BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF (Ticker: ZWU)

BMO Canadian Dividend ETF (Ticker: ZDV)

BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF (Ticker: ZLB)

ZST, total returns as at 2024/04/30: 1yr: 5.45%, 3yr: 2.78%, 5yr: 2.32%, 10yr: 1.93%, SI: 1.99%

Duration: A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a fixed income investment to a change in interest rates. Duration is expressed as number of years. The price of a bond with a longer duration would be expected to rise (fall) more than the price of a bond with lower duration when interest rates fall (rise).

Alpha: A statistical measure of the value a fund manager adds to the performance of the fund managed. If alpha is positive, the manager has added value to the portfolio. If the alpha is negative, the manager has underperformed the market.

Beta: A measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole.

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