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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PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 12/08. Up 2%.) Didn't go up as much as the US bonds, probably because there is a smaller market in Canada.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Aug 12, 2008, Up 7%) It now poses too high of a risk and it broke support recently. Would prefer to sit in cash and earn money market rates.

BUY

It’s a good time to hold some bonds. If you want to be in bonds and don’t want the interest rate sensitivity, then go for the shorter terms.

TOP PICK

Represents a really good risk/reward. Pulled off its base in mid July/07. Dividend yield, capital appreciation of 6%-8% in this environment is very comfortable.

BUY

For a smaller individual investor, owning bonds through the iShares is an excellent idea, because you get great diversification at a very low cost. Right now he would concentrate on the shorter bond fund. (XSB-T?)

BUY

This is the broad bond index. Has had a very significant sell off because of a perception of higher interest rates. He doesn't feel interest rates are going higher, so it's not a bad time to look at this.

BUY

Given the complications for a retail investor to buy bonds, this is an alternative way of having access to this market. Low MER costs.

BUY

Mimics the Scotia Capital Universe Bond Index, so when you buy this, you are buying the bond market. The fees are only .3%. Has an average turnover of about 10 years, duration about 7 with a yield of about 4.25% and the trailing 12-month performance is close to 6%.

BUY

A basket of bonds, but instead of paying high MERs or transaction costs this is an index-like product. If you are not buying bonds specifically, this is a very cheap way to get into the bond market.

BUY

And effective way of laddering short term bonds at very low cost. Allows you to give into the bond market very efficiently by paying low MERs.

BUY

Laddering iUnits Short Bond Index (XSB-T), iUnits Canadian Bond Market (XBB-T) and iUnits Real Return Bond (XRB-T) is an effective strategy. Low fees.

BUY

Are these a safe investment compared to corporate bonds? This is an efficient way to get into the Canadian bond market. Buying bonds through your brokers, results in a higher commission which is embedded into the total price and you may not know what you are paying.

BUY

Represents the entire bond market. A real proxy for the bond market. His outlook is for falling rates in the first-half of 2006.

BUY

A great strategy if you want to get into the bonds. The bond market is incredibly inefficient and illiquid. The problem with bond funds is that the management fees are around 1.5%.

DON'T BUY

Represents an ownership of the Scotia McLeod Bond Universe which is the benchmark for most Canadian bond fund managers. With this, you never have a bond maturing, just a basket of bonds that keep getting rolled over. A good index. If you are looking for income products, it is not the greatest investment right now.

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