ockham wrote:In order to replicate a strip, I would want to DRIP the interest payments. Problem is RBCDI (which is where I am) tells me that these BMO products aren't on their DRIP list, and BMO tells me they will DRIP but only if I'm at BMOIL.
Any suggestions???
No suggestions but why the need to be so precise with respect to replicating a strip ladder? Re-invest the income every few years, or when you have extra cash on a lump sum basis. DRIPs are an accounting nightmare outside registered accounts, and these days, with $10 commissions, DRIPs have lost most of their value.
This is a registered account, yes, wouldn't consider a strip/drip approach in an open account.
I accept your comment as a suggestion, actually. Suggestion being, relax need for precision on the target amount, and then sweep up interest payments as and when feasible, giving up some tidiness, for sure, and incurring some additional costs, but the spreads between provs/corps should still make it worthwhile.
Unless there are better ideas, probably what I'll do. Thank you.
Effective on or about November 1, 2012, the maximum annual management fee for BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZUE) will be reduced by 31.8 per cent to 15bps and the maximum annual management fee for BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (ZAG) will be reduced by 28.6 per cent to 20bps.
In both cases, they matched the fees charged by Vanguard Canada on similar ETFs (VUS and VAB).
I have zero interest in ZUE and no immediate interest in ZAG, but I like the general trend. Thanks, Vanguard.
ZSP.u might look interesting, especially for those who want to avoid US estate tax issues holding US domiciled ETFs and are not hung up on ~10 bp or so of costs.
It's hard to see how all of these ETFs are going to grow large enough to be viable. There's going to have to be some culling of the herd in the next couple of years, especially given the low MERs. At an MER of 40bp, $100M in assets (e.g. ZDV) will generate $400k in fee revenue. Is that enough to be viable for a BMO-sized business?
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Edit: to fix arithmetic error.
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True but I think the 'broader' market ones will survive, especially a Cdn based USD one. That said, it will need some initial traction before I would consider taking the plunge.
AltaRed wrote:ZSP.u might look interesting, especially for those who want to avoid US estate tax issues holding US domiciled ETFs and are not hung up on ~10 bp or so of costs.
A bad idea in an RRSP/RRIF due to the tax on US distributions (as opposed to a US-based ETF).
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They were talking about ZPR on BNN. I was only 1/2 listening. They said that it used 100% rate resets as compared with an ishares equivalent that used 60% rate resets. Said the former should be a good choice to safeguard against rising interest rates, (should that ever happen).
AltaRed wrote:ZSP.u might look interesting, especially for those who want to avoid US estate tax issues holding US domiciled ETFs and are not hung up on ~10 bp or so of costs.
A bad idea in an RRSP/RRIF due to the tax on US distributions (as opposed to a US-based ETF).
A good point for those contemplating this in registered accounts, but not for myself (with negligible RRSP). Depending on how successful this one becomes, I may consider switching my Vanguard VTV holdings into this one a year from now.
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AltaRed wrote:Depending on how successful this one becomes, I may consider switching my Vanguard VTV holdings into this one a year from now.
US value stocks performed poorly in the last decade. Chart VTV vs. SPY over 3, 5 and 7 years. You may want to wait for a value recovery before you switch.
ig17 wrote:US value stocks performed poorly in the last decade. Chart VTV vs. SPY over 3, 5 and 7 years. You may want to wait for a value recovery before you switch.
A quick question about ZCM. I was wondering if someone could explain about some of their specific holdings. There are a number of them (including the top three) that have maturity dates as far out as 2108. The maturity information (at the bottom of the page), shows no holdings with a duration of greater 10 years. I thought I remembered some discussion of similar securities elsewhere on the forum some time ago, but don't recall where.
What are these issues, and are they something I need to be worried about? Thanks in advance.
Apparently the holdings in question are fixed to floating rate bonds. Would I be correct in assuming they are included in ZCM because the fixed portion of the loan ends within 10 years? If so, I'm not quite sure I understand the length of the maturity. Why would the borrower want to assume the interest rate risk for an additional 85 years? Are these appropriate investments for a mid-term bond ETF?
I don't think they are appropriate for this ETF. Nonetheless I would assume that once a fixed/float bond becomes a floater, its pricing is no longer subject to interest rate fluctuations. Hence the pricing moves in a similar way as a bond that actually matures at that time.
Thanks for the reply QAM. I was contemplating adding to my position. Whenever I check similar ETFs, it always seems like ZCM has a better risk-reward ratio, so I figure there must be some additional risk I'm not seeing. Those long-dated maturities looked a little fishy to me. At any rate, I don't understand them very well, so I'll have to hold off on adding to my position until I can do some more research.
For example, the BMO S&P TSX Capped Composite Index ETF MER is 0.17% and the TER is 0.00% for a total of 0.17%. Most broad based ETFs and index funds would have low TERs. It is the slice and dice boutique crap that one has to take a closer look at.