| TOP PICK | 28.360 | Jeff Black | A lot of people lost sight of having bonds. Should act as a good stabilizer | 2008-10-06 | |
| BUY | 28.500 | Som Seif | (Market Call Minute.) Great way to park for short-term investors in bonds. Good yield in terms of short investing. | 2008-09-22 | |
| Comment | 28.600 | Som Seif | For holding cash but has a duration of just under 3 years. Great for the long term if you don’t have a cash need and would be a way of getting a higher yield. For holding cash he would prefer a high money market fund such as Claymore Premium Money Market (CMR-T) or, if looking at real returns would look at iUnits Real Return Bond (XRB-T). | 2008-08-19 | |
| BUY | 28.550 | Vinny Catalano | A fine investment to be in. Probably low volatility and low income. As an alternative, you could look at a longer-term product such as a 10-year US treasury. A good chance that this might actually, over the next year or 2, generate some decent returns. Right now yields about 10%. Once concerns about inflation lesson, and particularly if there is an economic slump, there could be a good capital gain as well. | 2008-08-07 | |
| BUY | 28.130 | Som Seif | Based on the DEX short-term bond index. Good ETF to get exposure to a lower term maturity bond. Pretty broad exposure with a low duration, so it shouldn’t have too much interest rate sensitivity to it. About 70% would be government bonds, which is a little high. About 4% yield. | 2008-06-30 | |
| Comment | 28.370 | Paul Gardner, CFA | If you are nervous about the bond market, this is a great instrument to get into this market. This one allows you to participate in the yield market without taking on sizable risks. An appropriate strategy if you are slightly negative on the bond market or, more importantly, you need to asset allocate your risks from equities to bonds. | 2008-05-28 | |
| BUY | 28.830 | Norman Levine | For a smaller individual investor, owning bonds through the iShares is an excellent idea, because you get great diversification at a very low cost. Right now he would concentrate on the shorter bond fund. (XSB-T?) | 2008-03-10 | |
| BUY | 28.000 | Richard Croft | This on bonds up to 5 years to maturity. If you are concerned that the sub prime mortgage mess will continue to expand, this is a great place to be. Not sure the sub prime is going to extend that much into the market. | 2007-08-24 | |
| Comment | 27.690 | Richard Croft | He doesn't think interest rates are going much higher. This particular fund has already had its pound of flesh taken out of it. Can’t see any significant risk here. | 2007-07-11 | |
| BUY | 28.040 | Paul Gardner, CFA | The most efficient way to invest in the corporate bond market. MER is very low. This gives you a basket of bonds. | 2007-05-17 | |
| TOP PICK | 28.080 | Don Vialoux | As protection in case the Canadian equity market starts to roll over. He will buy in this money market fund, and make his 4% return and sit there until next September of next year when he will be lined up for another seasonal trade. (Buy when it snows, sell when it goes). | 2007-05-05 | |
| TOP PICK | 28.100 | Don Vialoux | Bond ETF. Basically a short term note. Expecting the market to have problems going into the 2nd half of this year, so he wants something that is stable. Basically gives you 4% yield while the market is rocky. | 2007-04-25 | |
| BUY | 28.380 | Paul Gardner, CFA | A basket of bonds, but instead of paying high MERs or transaction costs this is an index-like product. If you are not buying bonds specifically, this is a very cheap way to get into the bond market. | 2006-09-05 | |
| BUY | 27.910 | Paul Gardner, CFA | A passive strategy that doesn't cost that much. Very efficient from the bond market prospective. | 2006-07-07 | |
| BUY | 28.020 | 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 | 28.840 | Paul Gardner, CFA | Believes the Bank Of Canada is going to raise interest rates so thinks the outperforms will come in at the longer end of the bond curve. | 2005-11-17 | |
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