(A Past Top Pick on May 23, 2018, Up 1%) He's preserving capital. Bonds are seasonal in May to start of October, because investors want safety from incertainty. The chart doesn't look pretty with a downtrend, but he likes bonds now.
A contrarian view. Bonds have a seasonal peak especially between August and September. He does not expect a Bank of Canada interest rate increase soon. Yield 2.5%.
How will this and XCB be affected by a possible interest rate hike? He is not sure that if the Bank of Canada raises short rates, it will have a huge impact in Canada. The bigger question is what the Federal Reserve is going to do with their bond portfolio. If they start to focus on the longer part of the yield curve, that is going to be a negative for Canada. He would prefer corporates over governments. Hang on to XCB and use this one to go into another part of the market, such as a preferred share ETF, or look into the US market.
Right now this looks like a trading vehicle. Its profile is starting to change where it looks like it has some pretty good upside so right now you could look at it as both a trading vehicle and an investment vehicle. It’s at the top of the rank on his weekly tables but at the bottom on his monthly tables, so is just starting to become an investment idea.
iShares DEX All Govt Bond ETF is a Canadian stock, trading under the symbol XGB-T on the Toronto Stock Exchange (XGB-CT). It is usually referred to as TSX:XGB or XGB-T
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On 2023-09-22, iShares DEX All Govt Bond ETF (XGB-T) stock closed at a price of $18.21.
Very simple, direct route to playing bonds VGB holds more than 50% in federal bonds and the rest provincials. It pays a dividend yield of 2.8%, but much higher than 12 months ago. Yields are up. If the economy enter recession, government bonds will give you capital appreciation. Warning: if inflation sees a resurgence, bonds will bite you. Be nimble.