iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETF…

iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETF (XRB.TO)

23.03

-0.05 (0.22%)

as of Jun 10, 2026, 7:59:40 pm Market Open.

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COMMENT

Real Return Bond ETF. His thoughts are really mixed on this. Has used it in the past prior to the market taking a tumble when he thought we were heading to inflationary times. Now he doesn't know if there will be inflation.

SELL

Real Return Bonds: Have had a good return over the last year, but have fallen since January. They look expensive right now. Now is not the time to buy and to sell if active trader.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 19/08. Down 4.4%.)

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick July 2/08. Down 5.31%.) Real return Bond and an inflation hedge.

DON'T BUY

You have to have the view that there will be rapid inflation. In the last year, these bonds have under performed because of deflation in the last 12 months. He is more in the deflation camp. People are talking about inflation but that is in the US. What do you do when the Cdn$ goes up 20%? That directly impacts the inflation rate in Canada.

DON'T BUY

Real return bonds. Basically this is an inflation hedge. If you want some inflation protection in your portfolio with some diversification, it is probably not a bad investment. He would look for something else.

TOP PICK

Real Return Bond. Stimulus packages could be inflationary Inflation will be a concern in about or 3 years time.

BUY

Likes the Real Return bonds for a retirement account. They provide an inflation protection and a government guarantee. This is the kind of asset you want to own in your non-taxable account such as an RRSP, RRIF or TFSA.

BUY

What is the lower risk/higher return investment between SPDR High Yield Bond (JNK-N) and iUnits Real Return Bonds (XRB-T)? This would make an interesting bell bar portfolio as you have 2 opposite asset classs. The less risk is the iUnits. A bit early to go into the SPDR.

TOP PICK

Biggest risk to a long-term portfolio today is inflation. Great way (RRSP or Tax Free Savings Account) to get government backed inflation protection. (His RRSP accounts are typically 15% to 20% of the portfolio value.)

TOP PICK

(3 Top Picks theme is on thwarting inflation.) Current interest rates are 3%-4% and inflation rate is about the same or higher. This means that when you are buying a bond at 3%-4% you are actually getting 0 or negative returns. Real return bonds have a yield but also an adjustment price that allows an increase in capital based on inflation.

BUY

Likes real return bonds and there should be a little included in your fixed income portfolio. Because taxation they should be in your RRSP account. Yielding about 1.56% right now. Fund mimics the real return index of the DEX universe so it tracks the passive index fund that is invested in the various real return bonds.

TOP PICK

If you are looking for crisis insurance and concerned about inflation and need some defensive positions in your portfolio, this is an excellent one to have. Yield is based on an interest flow stream that is inflation plus an interest rate.

BUY

Inflation Protected Bonds are priced based on whatever core inflation rate there is. The company will issue them at a rate above the core inflation rate. This will give you inflation plus a percent above. Really good if you think inflation is going up as the yields will always go up during inflation.

BUY

An ETF that is a proxy for real return bonds. A good way for retail investors to get inflation protection. A real return Bond gives you a coupon over and above the CPI inflation level.

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