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ME AND MY MONEY

Gary Poxleitner, 47Occupation: Consulting engineerPortfolioIncludes shares in Bank of Nova Scotia, Enbridge Inc., Telus Corp., TransAlta Corp., TransCanada Corp., BCE Inc., 3M Co., and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.; also has bond exchange-traded funds, such as the Claymore 1-5 Year Laddered Government Bond ETF

Who pays whom? ETFs bring change to the table

For years, do-it-yourself investors have been flocking to exchange-traded funds for their low cost, diversification and trading flexibility.Now, ETFs are also growing in popularity with financial advisers, a trend that is helping to change the way they charge clients for their services.

EXPERT ADVICE

Rob Carrick

It's better to do it yourself with ETFs

Some recent comments by Warren Buffett should be mandatory reading for anyone who works with or plans to engage an investment adviser.

How to hop

Most investors have undoubtedly noted that commodity stocks have been the place to be the past few years. Lucky are those who jumped on what was then a slow-moving freight train at the bottom of the commodity cycle around 2001 and then hung on when the pace of that train sped up dramatically.

Seek reward, but don't forget the dangers

So many RRSP choices. What to do? ETFs may be an investor's best ticker

The benefits, and harsh realities, of ETF investing

CANADIAN ETFs

On:

  • TSX
SymbolCompanyPrice $Chg %
HON-THBP NYMEX Long Oil/Sht Gas ETF 19.55 4.04
HUC-THorizons NYMEX Crude Oil ETF 12.00 3.54
HOU-THBP NYMEX Crude Oil Bull + ETF 6.46 3.36
HND-THBP NYMEX NatGas Bear+ETF 25.98 3.05
HJU-THBP MSCI EmergingMrktsBull+ETF 12.06 2.55

US ETFs

On:

SymbolCompanyPrice $Chg %
RUSL-NDXN DLY RSSA BULL 3X E.T.F. 50.51 8.86
SVXY-NProShares Sht VIX ST 69.68 8.50
EGPT-NMarket Vectors Egypt Index ETF 12.96 7.81
GREK-NGlobal X Greece ETF 19.31 7.34
INDL-NDirexion Daily India Bull 3X 30.15 5.38
SymbolCompanyPrice $Chg %
SymbolCompanyPrice $Chg %
AXFN-QiSh MSCI ACWI ex US Financials 21.86 7.68
SOCL-QGlobal X Social Media Ind. ETF 16.00 6.95
BIB-QProSh Ultra NASDAQ Biotech 93.74 4.94
PMNA-QPowerSh Mid East N. Afr E.T.F. 11.17 2.95
TQQQ-QProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF 97.27 2.70