Mike Philbrick Vanguard FTSE Cdn High Div Yd. VDY-T BUY Jul 30, 2025

It holds quality companies that pay dividends. It's hard to go wrong with Vanguard, which are very low priced. This holds 56% financials, 24% energy and 8% utilities. This is where you find Canadian yields.

Generally likes the dividend payers, depending on the investor. Good if you're looking for income and steady growth. Be aware that a lot of the weighting is bunched around the Canadian banks, with energy companies following. Steady performance, value play. Dividend is fine and growth will be there.

He doesn't know if it's geared to low BETA or not. It is fine as a component of a retirement portfolio.

Both are great examples of an ETF with Canadian names. Between 4.9-5.3% dividend yield. VDY has more banking exposure, so it depends on how much concentration you want in the Canadian banks. 

Basket of Canadian stocks with dividend quality. A good choice.

Likes it. Pays a dividend. Over time, this will keep pace with the market, Your return is income-oriented, which is good in volatile markets now and in the future. Is conservative, but likes that it generates income.

Well run, paying ~22 bps. Basket of high-dividend-paying Canadian names. Note that there are a lot of banks in here, about 43%. Plus another 10% insurance. Yield is around 5%.

Great strategy, though he prefers XEI.

Similar to XEI, but VDY is 45% banks compared to 24% for XEI. If you really like Canadian banks, then this might be the one for you. If you want to be more diversified, which he'd encourage, XEI might be better. Returned 17% on average for each of last 5 years. Yield is 3.6%.

Loves it. Seeing outperformance because US has become all about software, but AI will lead to more hardware requirements. MER is 22 bps. Yield is 4+%. A nice complement would be XDIV.