Tyler Mordy Vanguard FTSE Cda All Cap ETF VCN-T WEAK BUY May 13, 2019

Currently you have more dividend cuts, restrictions and pausing of dividend in the last little while than in the last 10 years, so be careful at using dividend income to assess income. He would suggest looking at a minimum volatility XMV-T. The problem with a low-vol ETFs is that it tends to load heavily on interest rate sectors of the market and has a high sector bias. He thinks this is a difficult time for banks that make up a large part of that index.

VCN is an all cap with about 175 stocks. VDY focuses on dividend payers, so it has banks and oil and the like. 

The choice is do you want basic growth or do you want income? VDY for income. VCN for more growth and better diversification.

He owns few Canadian assets (is overweight US). He owns very little of this now. It's discouraging to invest in Canada; it takes forever to get approval for projects. Meanwhile, the US market is much more dynamic with far more depth. For example, what is the Canadian tech index or healthcare? They're far broader in the US.