Opinions
Cole Kachur
iShares S&P 500 Index ETF
XSP-T
BUY
Mar 07, 2024
$54.120
Stock price when the opinion was issued
E.T.F.'s
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BUY
Allan Tong’s Discover Picks The XSP pays a 1.12% dividend and also charges a super-low 0.10% MER. Tech is the biggest sector at 26.74% followed by health care at 14.83%. Overall, not bad, but the VSP slightly outperforms this and charges a tick less. Also, XSP is not hedged either. XSP is one to use as a comparable during research only. Read 5 ETFs for Index Investing for our full analysis.
E.T.F.'s
WEAK BUY
XSP vs. ZQQ He's underweight tech and communications and high-growth stocks. If you look at the NASDAQ 100, it's down 31% from last November highs. Still kind of expensive at 3.7x price to sales, a bit of a premium to 10-year average of 3.5x. Just because it's come down in price, doesn't necessarily make it cheap. He'd prefer the XSP, as it's more diversified, though it still has 34-35% in tech and communications. He's been noticing the equal weight index outperforming, but tech and communications are still not improving.
E.T.F.'s
BUY
XSP vs. ZUE Almost identical. Track the same index, structure is the same by holding the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 and applying the currency hedge so movements in the CAD don't impact the NAV as much. Long term, did a good job insulating from currency moves. XSP is 10 bps, ZUE is 9. Long term, US large caps should be the core of a lot of portfolios. Risky, as it was this year, but you should still have it.
E.T.F.'s
BUY
VSP is a hedged version for the S&P index, for those wanting exposure to the S&P but using Canadian dollars. XSP is fairly similar. MER costs are quite low for both. He prefers the market-weighted over the equal-weighted right now. Large and mega-caps will continue to perform well.
His mid-term target for the S&P 500 is 5500, then maybe a pullback in September-October, and then go on to hit 6000 in the first quarter of 2025. Good opportunities in it, even though the market's performed well.
E.T.F.'s
He likes to keep it simple. XSP or VSP are his choices. Both similar, market-weighted, hedged to CAD, track fairly closely to the underlying index. Though there are offerings from other companies, these 2 have the lowest fees.