I'm in the same situation, more or less. All my investment accounts are at RBCDI. I have an RBC US$ card. The "rewards" the card earns can be used to cover the annual fee. That's what I do. In that sense, the card becomes a "no fee" card. But, ...., still.Ken wrote: ↑26 Dec 2017 16:40Short answer: With dividends from USD ETFs.
Long answer: In the short term from my corporate investment accounts at Scotia, but being retired I'm drawing those down over the next few years. Long term from my RBC-DI RRSP and possibly RBC-DI non-registered account which doesn't exist yet as all my non-registered funds are tied up in rental houses. Anyway that's why I'd like to use RBC but they want US$65 annual fee. I might go talk to them and see if I can get it waived since I'm such an awesome dude.
Besides being, like you, an awesome dude, I'm also a cheap sob. Let us know how your discussions go.