iShares Core Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF…

iShares Core Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF (XBB.TO)

28.20

+0.02 (0.07%)

as of Jun 4, 2026, 7:59:26 pm Market Open.

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DON'T BUY

Converted his XBBs into XSBs because of duration and the specter of higher interest rates.. It’s a good product, but not right now.

COMMENT

Cdn Bond Market ETF. A good fund but would prefer the Cdn Corp Bond ETF (XCB-T). 74% of this one is government bonds and he would prefer corporates looking out to 2010.

HOLD

Universe of every bond issued. There are about 2000 different bond issues from 1 day to 30 years so you own the bond market itself. Good news is low fees and no guesswork. Bad news is you don't know what is going to be worth when you retire giving uncertainty. You can plan your portfolio with a laddered approach in the meantime this is not going to hurt you.

BUY

One stop shop in fixed income space. For a long-term investor in bonds this is the ETF to get. Looking at 12 months. Don’t get much beyond 2 years for an active trader.

BUY

Prevents you having to worry about what bonds your broker has in inventory.

COMMENT

iUnits Cdn Bond Market. A great bond exposure index. At some point over the next couple of years, interest rates will be higher so consider diversifying into shorter duration bonds and/or corporate or real return bonds.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 12/08. Up 5.7%.) Doesn't like this instrument right now, as the Canadian market doesn't give the liquidity that he needs. He changed to strip bonds instead.

COMMENT

Fixed income fund so advantage is lower volatility and lower management fees. On the other hand, there could be a fun that is actively managed and even though it has a higher MER it could be worthwhile.

COMMENT

Government universe index. 30% corporate all investment-grade and 7% government with about a 3.5% yield. Consider going with a very strong fixed income active manager. (Such as our Expert.)

BUY

Basically 50%-75% government securities. Balance is in investment-grade corporates. Looking at a 10-year timeframe, you need a core ETF and this is his favourite. If you want to be a little more aggressive you could look at the iShares Cdn Corp Bond ETF (XCB-T).

HOLD

Canadian bond index. Indexes have done very well last year and he thinks they will do well.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Aug 13/08, Up 4%) Bond market has had fits and starts. Volume was not there so sold it. Good little base was built. Hold it.

COMMENT

Canadian Corporate Bond iShares (XCB-T) or Canadian Universal Bond iShares (XBB-T)? Prefers the corporate bond one because if the economy turns, he feels they would do a little bit better.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 12/08. Up 2.8%.) Would have liked it to reflect a bit more of what he had seen in the US bond market.

BUY

A basket of the Scotia Bank bond index. Probably the best one for corporate bonds.

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