Posts Tagged ‘iShares’

It’s easy to be seduced by what appears to be a proverbial ‘free lunch’ in the investment world.  Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the world of fixed income (i.e. bonds and bond-like investments).  There are many potential...

In her latest Globe & Mail Number Cruncher, Shirley Won ranked the largest Canadian stock funds (including those with significant foreign stock holdings) by 5-year annualized return as of June 30, 2010.  The column also featured each of the...

Sponsors of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, generally have websites loaded with great information. I visit the iShares website regularly. One of my favourite tools is iShares’ Tracking Error Chart.  For any iShares fund, it shows you how well...