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Bond ETFs in Canada
Bond ETFs encompass all types of fixed income securities: government bonds (federal, provincial), corporate (investment grade and high yield), of various durations (short, medium, long-term). They provide regular income through interest and relative stability compared to stocks.
Why invest
Portfolio stabilization - bonds have historically less volatility than stocks. Predictable income via coupons. Partial protection during recession.
Tax considerations
Bond interest is taxed at full marginal rate (like salary). Prioritize bonds in registered accounts (RRSP, TFSA).
Best account
RRSP — Interest is taxed at full marginal rate - RRSP offers best protection.
Do bond ETFs lose value when rates rise?
Yes, there is an inverse relationship between interest rates and bond prices. The ETF's "duration" indicates sensitivity: a duration of 7 means a 1% rate increase causes about a 7% price drop.
What account is optimal for bonds?
RRSP is ideal because bond interest is taxed at full marginal rate (like salary). In a taxable account, bonds are less advantageous than Canadian stocks.
Bond ETFs in Canada
Bond ETFs encompass all types of fixed income securities: government bonds (federal, provincial), corporate (investment grade and high yield), of various durations (short, medium, long-term). They provide regular income through interest and relative stability compared to stocks.
Why invest
Portfolio stabilization - bonds have historically less volatility than stocks. Predictable income via coupons. Partial protection during recession.
Tax considerations
Bond interest is taxed at full marginal rate (like salary). Prioritize bonds in registered accounts (RRSP, TFSA).
Best account
RRSP — Interest is taxed at full marginal rate - RRSP offers best protection.
Do bond ETFs lose value when rates rise?
Yes, there is an inverse relationship between interest rates and bond prices. The ETF's "duration" indicates sensitivity: a duration of 7 means a 1% rate increase causes about a 7% price drop.
What account is optimal for bonds?
RRSP is ideal because bond interest is taxed at full marginal rate (like salary). In a taxable account, bonds are less advantageous than Canadian stocks.
Holdings | Strategy | Dist. Freq. | Market | ||||||||||
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TR SEPZ Structured Outcome (September) ETF | +11.20% | 0.80% | +14 | 2.02% | 2020 | 130M$ | 0.75 | Active | Ann. | 10K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
TR NOVZ Structured Outcome (November) ETF | +11.01% | 0.79% | +2 | 3.31% | 2020 | 31M$ | 0.77 | Active | Ann. | 5K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
TR DECZ Structured Outcome (December) ETF | +10.88% | 0.79% | +2 | 3.02% | 2020 | 37M$ | 0.74 | Active | Ann. | 1K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
TR JULZ Trueshares Structured Outcome (July) ETF | +10.84% | 0.79% | +1 | 11.12% | 2020 | 33M$ | 0.80 | Active | Ann. | 7K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
TR OCTZ Structured Outcome (October) ETF | +10.67% | 0.79% | +1 | 3.68% | 2020 | 46M$ | 0.76 | Active | Ann. | 4K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
TR AUGZ Structured Outcome (August) ETF | +10.43% | 0.79% | +1 | 3.38% | 2020 | 41M$ | 0.75 | Active | Ann. | 7K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
TR JANZ Structured Outcome (January) ETF | +10.37% | 0.79% | +14 | 1.31% | 2020 | 42M$ | 0.75 | Active | Ann. | 3K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
TR JUNZ Structured Outcome (June) ETF | +9.60% | 0.79% | +2 | 2.13% | 2021 | 32M$ | 0.79 | Active | Ann. | 3K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
PA FLRT Aristotle Pacific Floating Rate High Income ETF | +5.49% | 0.60% | +182 | 6.81% | 2015 | 615M$ | 0.08 | Index | Mo. | 99K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
PR IGHG Investment Grade—Interest Rate Hedged | +4.88% | 0.30% | +53 | 5.09% | 2013 | 309M$ | -0.04 | Index | Mo. | 19K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
VA FLTR IG Floating Rate ETF | +4.16% | 0.14% | +332 | 4.76% | 2011 | 2.8G$ | 0.01 | Index | Mo. | 1.1M | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
IS FLOT Floating Rate Bond ETF | +3.87% | 0.15% | +431 | 4.60% | 2011 | 9.5G$ | 0.00 | Index | Mo. | 2.1M | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
ST FLRN State Street SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF | +3.85% | 0.15% | +414 | 4.57% | 2011 | 2.9G$ | 0.00 | Index | Mo. | 1.3M | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
WI CEW Emerging Currency Strategy Fund | +3.75% | 0.55% | 2.40% | 2009 | 16M$ | 0.61 | Index | Ann. | 2K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
ST BILS State Street SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF | +3.03% | 0.14% | +15 | 3.85% | 2020 | 3.9G$ | 0.02 | Index | Mo. | 326K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
IS FALN Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF | +3.02% | 0.25% | +146 | 6.40% | 2016 | 1.7G$ | 0.79 | Index | Mo. | 848K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
FI LMBS Low Duration Opportunities ETF | +2.72% | 0.66% | +1039 | 4.10% | 2014 | 6.3G$ | 0.46 | Active | Mo. | 558K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
WI ELD Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund | +2.44% | 0.55% | 4.74% | 2010 | 135M$ | 1.07 | Index | Mo. | 44K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
RA RDFI Rareview Dynamic Fixed Income ETF | +2.40% | 4.23% | +1 | 8.18% | 2020 | 80M$ | 1.47 | Active | Mo. | 15K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
GL EMBD Global X Emerging Markets Bond ETF | +2.37% | 0.39% | +114 | 5.67% | 2020 | 256M$ | 0.92 | Index | Mo. | 15K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
JP JPIB International Bond Opportunities ETF | +2.33% | 0.50% | +92 | 5.03% | 2017 | 2.0G$ | 0.66 | Index | Mo. | 194K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
PA PWS WealthShield ETF | +2.30% | 0.60% | +1 | 1.49% | 2017 | 25M$ | 0.75 | Index | Qtr. | 3K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
FI FEMB Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF | +2.13% | 0.85% | 6.04% | 2014 | 353M$ | 1.22 | Active | Mo. | 94K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
VA CBON China Bond ETF | +2.05% | 0.50% | 1.56% | 2014 | 24M$ | 0.32 | Index | Mo. | 6K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
FI FLTB Fidelity Limited Term Bond ETF | +1.85% | 0.25% | +948 | 4.36% | 2014 | 401M$ | 0.39 | Index | Mo. | 50K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
IN PVI Floating Rate Municipal Income ETF | +1.80% | 0.25% | +998 | 2.15% | 2007 | 30M$ | -0.01 | Index | Mo. | 8K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
FR FLMI Franklin Dynamic Municipal Bond ETF | +1.45% | 0.30% | +824 | 3.87% | 2017 | 2.1G$ | 0.89 | Index | Mo. | 747K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
VA EMLC J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF | +1.40% | 0.30% | 6.07% | 2010 | 4.9G$ | 1.09 | Index | Mo. | 2.1M | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
AL RIGS RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | +1.38% | 0.45% | 4.85% | 2013 | 64M$ | 0.72 | Active | Mo. | 6K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
IS EMB J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | +1.18% | 0.39% | +263 | 5.04% | 2007 | 14.2G$ | 1.06 | Index | Mo. | 6.1M | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
ST EMTL State Street DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF | +0.95% | 0.65% | +37 | 4.97% | 2016 | 90M$ | 0.63 | Active | Mo. | 31K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
ST EMHC State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets USD Bond ETF | +0.83% | 0.23% | +186 | 6.10% | 2021 | 264M$ | 1.11 | Index | Mo. | 50K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
HA HMOP Hartford Municipal Opportunities ETF | +0.82% | 0.29% | +515 | 3.47% | 2017 | 765M$ | 0.83 | Index | Mo. | 68K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
OV OVM Municipal Bond ETF | +0.77% | 0.81% | +1 | 6.12% | 2019 | 38M$ | 1.24 | Active | Qtr. | 17K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
JP JPMB USD Emerging Markets Sovereign Bond ETF | +0.72% | 0.39% | +86 | 5.77% | 2018 | 64M$ | 1.10 | Index | Mo. | 9K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
JP JMUB Municipal ETF | +0.65% | 0.18% | +1202 | 3.59% | 2018 | 7.8G$ | 0.82 | Index | Mo. | 1.0M | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
FR FLIA Franklin International Aggregate Bond ETF | +0.65% | 0.25% | 2.59% | 2018 | 750M$ | 0.47 | Index | Semi-ann. | 126K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
CL PIFI Piton Intermediate Fixed Income ETF | +0.64% | 0.45% | +59 | 3.75% | 2020 | 101M$ | 0.57 | Index | Qtr. | 2K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
NE MMIT NYLI MacKay Muni Intermediate ETF | +0.62% | 0.30% | +771 | 3.86% | 2017 | 1.5G$ | 0.73 | Index | Mo. | 228K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
IS GVI Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF | +0.53% | 0.20% | +5847 | 3.59% | 2007 | 3.8G$ | 0.59 | Index | Mo. | 112K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
AL RFCI Dynamic Core Income ETF | +0.41% | 0.51% | +159 | 4.53% | 2016 | 16M$ | 0.83 | Index | Mo. | 966 | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
IS IBMO iBonds Dec 2026 Term Muni Bond ETF | +0.36% | 0.18% | 2.39% | 2019 | 587M$ | 0.27 | Index | Mo. | 69K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
IS NYF New York Muni Bond ETF | +0.33% | 0.09% | +572 | 3.07% | 2007 | 1.3G$ | 0.95 | Index | Mo. | 130K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
IS CMBS CMBS ETF | +0.29% | 0.25% | +451 | 3.55% | 2012 | 482M$ | 0.69 | Index | Mo. | 29K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
AV AVMU Avantis Core Municipal Fixed Income ETF | +0.28% | 0.15% | +450 | 3.52% | 2020 | 162M$ | 0.94 | Index | Mo. | 12K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
SP SPSK Dow Jones Global Sukuk ETF | +0.28% | 0.50% | +127 | 4.23% | 2019 | 531M$ | 0.59 | Index | Mo. | 339K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
IS IBMP iBonds Dec 2027 Term Muni Bond ETF | +0.27% | 0.18% | 2.49% | 2019 | 643M$ | 0.40 | Index | Mo. | 82K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
IS CMF California Muni Bond ETF | +0.21% | 0.08% | +1029 | 2.96% | 2007 | 4.4G$ | 0.89 | Index | Mo. | 394K | 🇺🇸 United States | ||
ST EBND State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF | +0.20% | 0.30% | 5.74% | 2011 | 2.3G$ | 1.21 | Index | Mo. | 306K | 🇺🇸 United States | |||
HA HTAB Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF | +0.19% | 0.39% | +195 | 3.83% | 2018 | 302M$ | 1.06 | Index | Mo. | 47K | 🇺🇸 United States |