ETF Nexus

ETFs research and news from a Canadian perspective

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Your TFSA is Canada's best tax shelter.

For US dividends, it's the worst account you can use.

The US withholds 15% on dividends in a TFSA — and because TFSA income isn't taxable here, you can NEVER claim it back. It's gone.

In an RRSP? Exempt. 0%.

Here's the fix 👇
https://t.co/Pgrhrb3Cye

#Investing #TFSA #Canada

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

@zeb @zwb This is not a pure test of option writing: fees, holdings and option decisions all matter.

@ROC is not automatically destructive, and @ZWB.T's payout target is not ordinary ZWB's yield.

The full comparison:
https://t.co/701i8RPUss

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

@ZEB vs @ZWB, 10 years to Sept. 30, 2026:

Annualized total return: 16.17% vs 12.44%.
Distribution yield (same date): 2.45% vs 6.85%.

The bigger payout did not identify the stronger historical return. Net fees, reinvested distributions. Not a forecast.

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Last week: stocks fell, bonds fell, gold fell. Only oil rose.

If your "diversified" portfolio dropped all at once, this is why:

Diversification isn't owning many things. It's owning things that respond DIFFERENTLY to the same event.

An inflation shock exposes the difference.

What actually held up, why gold failed as a hedge, and the one number worth checking in your bond funds: https://t.co/VHAn6hECne

#Investing #ETFs

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Panama holds an estimated 3.1 billion to 3.18 billion tonnes of proven and probable mineral reserves at the Cobre Panamá

[Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli]

Copper needs $ 332bn of new mines.

Each one takes about 17 years to build.

Bloomberg new outlook sees a deficit starting in 2028 and widening to 20 million tonnes by 2050.

That’s about 44% of demand.

9 of the 10 transition metals it tracks now look covered. Copper is the odd one out.

Demand rises 61% to almost 46 million tonnes by 2050. Electric transport alone needs 11.4 million.

You can print money.... You can’t print a mine.

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

@EvolveETFs

[Evolve ETFs @EvolveETFs]

One sector, ten equally weighted names, spread from extraction to the pipelines. @EvolveETFs lets you invest in Canada, your way. Explore OILY at https://t.co/WiiL2eKLFt

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

The reason is 3% inflation. But gasoline is up 22.8% y/y and doing nearly all of it — core is already at the 2% target.

The Bank isn't fighting inflation that exists. It's guarding against inflation it thinks is coming: https://t.co/ja2NXY6wli

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Canada lost 68,300 jobs in September. Economists expected a gain.

Worse: through nine months, the economy is now net −41,200 jobs. Same period last year: +211,300.

Unemployment 6.5%. Participation at a 29-year low.

And markets still price a rate HIKE for December 👇

#Canada #Investing #ETF

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

"Is now the perfect time to buy tech?" is the wrong question.

"How does tech fit in my long-term portfolio, and how much can I hold through a bad month?" is the right one.

A data-driven guide for Canadian ETF investors:

https://t.co/aSUOiBwjmL

#ETFs #TechETF #PersonalFinance #Canada

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Real Return Bond ETFs aren’t designed to beat stocks.

They’re designed to help your money keep up with inflation.

Here’s how XRB and ZRR compare:

https://t.co/A8J1XO1iDU

#ETF #Investing #Canada

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

For context: Canada is ~3% of world stock markets. XEQT holds ~25%, VEQT ~30%.

Full RBC iShares breakdown — what the shelf does well, and where it quietly gets expensive: https://t.co/qS2fH3AfxU

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

If you own XEQT, you own five funds. Here's the actual breakdown 👇

US total market: 28.41% S&P/TSX Capped Composite: 24.87% MSCI EAFE IMI: 24.37% US total market (again): 17.14% Emerging markets: 5.01%

A quarter of a "global" fund is one Canadian index.

#ETFs #Investing #Canada

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Diesel just hit $6.05/gallon — an all-time record, up 63% in a year.

That's not a fuel story. Diesel moves freight, rail, shipping, mining and farm equipment.

It's the mechanism turning an oil shock into inflation in everything you buy 👇

Research links diesel to ~46% of the variation in truck transport producer prices, and doubling diesel can lift food prices up to 23.3% — with the lag still ahead. Why it matters for your portfolio: https://t.co/VHAn6hECne

#Inflation #ETF #Investing

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

There are now 2,000+ ETFs listed on the TSX.

Most of them don't deserve your money.

The good news: you don't have to evaluate 2,000 funds. You need a filter.

We turned @rcarrick's public screening criteria into a 6-step workflow you can run yourself 👇

#ETF #Investing #Canada

The 6 filters:
✔ 5-year track record
✔ broad market exposure
✔ no thematic tilt
✔ well traded
✔ low MER
✔ enough assets to survive

Full breakdown + how to run it in our screener: https://t.co/BDtcmk1PKz

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Inflation doesn’t just affect groceries—it affects your investments too.

Learn how Real Return Bond ETFs like XRB and ZRR are designed to help protect purchasing power.

Read more:

https://t.co/A8J1XO1iDU

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Nov 18, 2025: Vanguard cuts VEQT to 0.17%. Dec 18, 2025: BlackRock cuts its entire Core suite to 0.17%.

Exactly one month. The incumbent matched — it didn't lead. That's why competition matters even if you never buy the challenger: https://t.co/qS2fH3AfxU

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

One alliance owns 27.6% of Canada's ETF market.

RBC iShares: $291.6B across 251 funds, and $47.3B of new money in 2026 — more than Vanguard and Fidelity combined.

But here's the part that matters for your fees 👇

#ETF #Investing #Canada

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

"Sector ETF" sounds diversified. Check the holdings.

In the largest Canadian energy ETF, the top TWO holdings have made up close to half the entire fund.

That's not 26 companies. That's a big bet on 2, with 24 along for the ride.

https://t.co/iHhV2B7Lxy

#ETFs #Investing #Canada

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

The most overlooked number in 2026:

US small caps had their best first half on record (+23%)…

…yet investors put barely a fraction of the money into them that they put into large caps.

Returns led. Flows lagged. That gap is the interesting part.

Why the flows confirm the rotation — and why chasing them usually backfires: https://t.co/DmvR8qXcnR

#ETFs #Investing #SmallCap

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Canada now has 2,000+ listed ETFs in a market of 40 million people. Some exist because they can be sold, not because they need to exist. Our full guide to who actually runs this market: https://t.co/Hl3Pl0oDa7

[ETF Nexus @NexusETF]

Vanguard Canada: $176B in assets. 41 ETFs. BMO: $194B in assets. 254 ETFs.

Roughly $4.3B per fund vs $766M.

Vanguard runs a business nearly BMO's size with one sixth the products.

More funds is not more value 👇

https://t.co/Hl3Pl0oDa7

#ETF #Investing #Canada