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ETF outlook for 2025 and beyond

Continued growth and innovation are expected

Mélissa Sabourin and Mary Hagerman read The Black Belt Investor in French and English

Celebrating 10 years of ETF-based portfolio returns

Why one portfolio manager believes ETFs have revolutionized the investment landscape

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Why holding index funds within a life insurance policy can be tax-efficient

Permanent insurance also has a host of other tax benefits

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My secret weapon for better portfolio management

Primarily using ETFs has helped one advisor to make better investment decisions, but she attributes some success to a powerful non-financial practice

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Reasons to be cautious when investing in AI

Opinion: Artificial intelligence represents a huge opportunity but must be approached carefully

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New ETF offerings require careful due diligence       

Opinion: The cease-trade order on Emerge ETFs provides a cautionary tale for investors and advisors

Don’t underestimate female investors

Opinion: Women know more about investing than they think, writes Mary Hagerman

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Answering more of a young investor’s questions about ETFs

Digging deeper into ETFs and portfolio construction

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How to answer young investors’ questions about ETFs

If we want to serve our clients’ children, we must be comfortable teaching the basics of investing

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Thematic investing can work for patient investors

Long-term conviction is often required if these strategies are to pay off over time

ETFs can help RESPs to grow

The funds are versatile enough to bolster both education accounts and post-graduation accounts

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ETFs can help you slow down and simplify

Simple investment options can help clients overcome resistance to working on their finances

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A candid look at an advisor’s ETF portfolio

Columnist Mary Hagerman shares one of her top holdings and explains how she’s used it to donate to charity

A global network of investment points

Using ETFs to access emerging markets

ETFs have made geographic diversification much easier for portfolio managers

How my investment strategy has fared during the crisis

A financial advisor talks about how her ETF portfolios have held up under market stress

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The next decade for ETFs

Opinions on where the ETF industry will be in 2030

When and why to use factor investing

Part 2 of a series on multi-factor ETFs

The benefits of factor-based investing

Why to consider multi-factor ETFs

Constructing ETF portfolios

The amount of time and effort put into deciding the benchmark for each portfolio you build is critical

Making the paradigm shift to ETFs

One advisor shares her journey on making the switch to a fee-based practice focused on providing client portfolios of ETFs