BMO SP 500 HEDGED CAD IDX ETF (ZUE.TO)

Hedging is the thing that protects you in terms of currency fluctuation. If the Cdn$ is strong, you lose money when you convert from US$’s to Cdn. However, if it is relatively weaker, you are making money. As it is right now, if you have things invested in the US, most people think that an $.88 dollar might be a bit of a stretch, but a $.90-$.91 dollar a year from now, might be quite realistic so a hedge is rather unnecessary.

S&P 500 Hedge to CAD Index (ZUE-T) or S&P 500 Index ETF (ZSP-T)? Of the 2, he prefers ZSP a bit more because of the broad Standard & Poor’s benchmark that everyone understands. Not sure what the benchmark for this one is.