Investing in global stocks can provide diversification, but the wide variety of markets can make it difficult to navigate individual securities. Global stock exchange-traded funds can be an easy way to get diversified exposure to world markets.
To help investors pick the right global stock ETFs, we screened for names with Morningstar Medalist Ratings of Gold, Silver, or Bronze, meaning our analysts expect them to outperform their categories’ index or median over the long term. These global ETFs invest in stocks from developed (and sometimes emerging) markets around the world. Four of the ETFs that made it through the screen are index funds, and four are actively managed, with options from firms including BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity, and BMO.
For this story, we highlight eight top global stock ETFs for Canadian investors:
- iShares Core MSCI All Country World ex Canada Index ETF XAW
- Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap ex Canada Index ETF
