Practical · X3
Understanding ETFs
How to read the documents of a Canadian ETF: what it’s built to do, what it owns, what it costs and how it trades.
By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:
- Find the ETF Facts and the fund company’s page for any Canadian ETF.
- Use an ETF’s objective to say what it is built to do.
- Read a risk rating as past ups and downs, not a limit on losses.
- Check how much of an ETF sits in its ten biggest holdings.
- Find what an ETF costs to own and what it costs to trade.
- Read a stock or bond ETF’s figures without treating them as a ranking.
6 parts · about 130 minutes
- 1Part 1 · What is an ETF, and where do you find its information?
- 2Part 2 · What is the ETF built to do, and does it do it?
- 3Part 3 · What does it own?
- 4Part 4 · What does it cost, and how does it trade?
- 5Part 5 · How do you read a stock ETF?
- 6Part 6 · How do you read a bond ETF, and compare two funds?
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