The trouble with ETFs, though, is abundance.
As of March 31, 2024, there were 1,129 ETFs from 40 fund sponsors trading on Canadian exchanges, according to the Canadian ETF Association. Together they held around $423 billion in assets under management.
Our objective all along with this annual “Best ETFs” report—now in its 12th edition—has been to narrow down the list of options for do-it-yourself investors to construct a well-diversified, low-fee portfolio that will likely perform as well or better than most professionally managed ones. This year we enlisted 11 professional advisors, financial planners, investment analysts and bloggers from across Canada to nominate and judge what they consider the best ETFs in seven categories. They looked for attributes including appropriate exposure to the asset class or category, low management fees, high liquidity (low bid/ask spreads) and close tracking to the indices they…
