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Cole KachurGlobal X 0-3 Month T-Bill ETF CADCBIL.TODON'T BUYMay 01, 2024

Generally with ETFs, you're in and out the same day, so you have instant liquidity. If he was concerned about a downturn, he'd just look at a daily high interest ETF like HISA or PSA. Those ones give you 5-5.5% right now, and next day liquidity.

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Safe and secure ETF to park profits in?

Nothing wrong with CBIL at all, especially in a registered account.

He very much likes ZST.L from BMO. The "L" unit gives you the ability to convert the growth in that money market holding into a capital gain. This is for a taxable account.

If you're talking millions and millions of dollars, the miniscule differences in the rate you get can really add up. If you're talking normal amounts, don't sweat the varying differences in yield.

TOP PICK

For anyone who's nervous, between moves, or keeping $$ on the side. Goes up, pays a dividend, goes back down. MER is 0.1%.

One neat feature of this ETF.... If you're looking to exchange currency on a hefty amount of money (say, from selling property in the US), you can buy this as CBIL.U in your US account. Ask them to journal it over to your Canadian account (where it shows up as CBIL), and you can sell it. Voila. You just went from USD to CAD with a much lower spread than the bank would give you. You'll save, potentially, 1-1.4% on your money.

BUY
Accessible place to park cash?

Top-flight safety. Yield's ~2.5%, not tremendous. About as liquid, and as safe, as you can get. A place to put cash for quick and easy access for future opportunities without any NAV erosion.

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Alternative to money market funds?

He's been holding a lot of this. Very safe, short-term government. Any time you want to take on more risk, you have to go up the curve. He recently added FHIS.

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(A Top Pick Jun 25/24, Up 3%)

Safe place to park cash. He's in it heavily right now.

WEAK BUY
Parking cash with safety.

The more in money market you are, the safer it is because the time to maturity of holding assets is lower. So the shorter the duration, the safer. The more government, the safer, but also a lower yield.

For an enhanced money market yield, he really likes ZST.

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(A Top Pick Feb 20/24, Up 4%)

A great buy at the time. Paying only about 2.85% now. He might start looking at other options that pay a higher yield, perhaps some of the banks.

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Pays 4.25%, not bad for a risk-free asset. He prefers government to corporate bonds for its lower risk.

DON'T BUY

You can but 3-month T-bills yourself. IF this charges an MER, it wipes out your gains.

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The 12-month yield is 3.8% and the net indicated yield is 5.2%. Very safe. These are Canadian government T-bills.

BUY

Good product for short term interest rates.
Inverted yield curve will provide opportunity with this product.
Safe assets (no risk).
Great for defensive investors. 

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Invests in 0-3-month Canadian t-bills, so returns are guaranteed. The current 4.23% yield and the yield to maturity is 4.98%. The MER is only 11-15-points, so very low. Yields have to rise in the face of inflation, so that helps increase this yield. It holds cash in your portfolio during current volatility.