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Changing from GICs and a savings account? He would suggest you buy some preferred shares. Preferred shares are undervalued relative to interest rates. You can buy this ETF. 70% of the portfolio is in floating rate preferreds, which means if interest rates rise, the value of the preferreds will hold their own because the interest they collect will rise. It pays a monthly income and has a 4.8% yield, significantly better than you would get on a bond portfolio.
Adding preferred shares to bonds and GICS to a portfolio? HPR or ZPR? Great idea and either of those ETFs is fine. CPD is a basket of reset-preferreds is another idea or buy the individual preferreds like BCE or the banks. Preferreds are good to buy now because rates are so low. Preferreds are now yielding 120-200% of what 1o-year bonds are paying.
BMO S&P/TSX Laddered Preferred (ZPR-T) or iShares S&P/TSX preferred (CPD-T)? The only difference between these 2 is that ZPR probably has a little bit more in the rate reset preferred shares, which are the shares that will do well when interest rates start to move higher. The both are very similar though. This one gives you about a 5% dividend yield, and you are basically investing in preferred shares. There is going to be some volatility in the preferred share market.