| TOP PICK | 20.630 | Som Seif | (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. | 2008-08-19 | |
| BUY | 20.440 | Hank Cunningham | 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. | 2008-07-21 | |
| TOP PICK | 20.740 | Richard Croft | 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. | 2008-07-02 | |
| BUY | 20.610 | Som Seif | 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. | 2008-06-30 | |
| BUY | 18.950 | Mark Carpani | 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. | 2008-01-10 | |
| BUY | 19.770 | Paul Gardner, CFA | Laddering iUnits Short Bond Index (XSB-T), iUnits Canadian Bond Market (XBB-T) and iUnits Real Return Bond (XRB-T) is an effective strategy. Low fees. | 2006-04-04 | |
| DON'T BUY | 20.350 | Paul Gardner, CFA | What is really interesting about this is that it's a really cheap way to get into real return bonds. Funds that specialise in this area have MER's that are more expensive than going this route. The fun is probably over for the time being. | 2005-12-29 | |
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