Opinions
John Hood
iShares Cdn Financial Monthly Income ETF
FIE-T
COMMENT
Dec 31, 2012
$6.600
Stock price when the opinion was issued
E.T.F.'s
It's the ideal tool to help you make quicker, more informed decisions for
managing and tracking your investments.
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DON'T BUY
It's like XTR--the yield you seem to get is not what you're enirely getting. He'd rather do straight bond ETF or covered call one.
E.T.F.'s
HOLD
Fixed dividend. It has a huge exposure to corporate bonds, preferred shares and a lot of the banks and insurance companies. There will be some dividend impairment for 6 months or a year. He would stick with it. If dividends get cut by the companies in it, then the ETF's dividend will probably be cut.
E.T.F.'s
COMMENT
There are two elements to covered call strategies. There is the underlying stocks, and then the option premium. Volatility will continue to be high for the next couple years. Premiums will remain elevated. FIE pays back a part of your money back. There are a couple different elements to consider.
E.T.F.'s
COMMENT
A financial, dividend paying strategy. Has banks, insurance companies and dividend payers. A concentrated investment in financials so keep this in mind for allocation. Around 6% yield. However, underlying is not earning 6%, so there is a return of capital. A tax effective way to get exposure to financials.
E.T.F.'s
Why hasn’t there been a jump in the monthly distribution since the big Canadian banks increased their dividends? This one is very diversified. Have all kinds of different income generating products in it, so the banks are just one component. This is one of the reasons the MERs on this is high at around 90. For a person who wants a well diversified fund and are paying under a point, nothing wrong with this at all.