Trade Ideas
Introducing BMO’s Target Canadian Corporate Bond ETFs (2027−2028−2029)
Here are three defensive BMO ETF strategies to help insulate portfolios from potential volatility ahead.
Turn volatility into cash flow with our top 6 picks yielding 6% or more, for investors seeking to reduce volatility relative to broad markets while enhancing the level of yield in their portfolios.
The Canadian ETF industry continues to expand – with estimates up to the end of November of last year suggesting assets under management in ETFs were now just above $565 billion.1 That represents a substantial increase over the prior year ($380 billion) and speaks to the growing popularity of ETFs as an investment tool.
Recent Podcasts
Volatile markets have greeted the tariff regime the Trump Administration appears intent on enacting. Ahead of a key April 2nd deadline for a wave of U.S. reciprocal trade levies to be imposed, Chris Krueger, Managing Director, Washington Research Group, TD Cowen and host Bipan Rai, BMO ETFs Strategist, discuss some of the pressing questions that investors, policymakers and markets are seeking clarity on. This episode was recorded live on March 23, 2025.
Will inflation’s sudden spike push the Bank of Canada to press pause on rate cuts? In this episode, Bipan Rai, Matt Montemurro, and your host, Erika Toth, examine Canada’s latest CPI print. They also discuss the outcome of this week’s Fed meeting, the outlook for the REITs, and fixed income positioning for the months ahead.
In this episode, special guest Sohrab Movahedi, ETF Strategist Bipan Rai, and your host, Skye Collyer, take a deep dive into Canada’s Big Six banks, from first-quarter earnings results to Trump’s tariffs and all the key themes in between. Skye Collyer is a Director of ETF Distribution at BMO Global Asset Management. She is joined on the podcast by Bipan Rai, Head of ETF Strategy, Exchange Traded Funds, at BMO Global Asset Management, and Sohrab Movahedi, Managing Director of Financials Research at BMO Capital Markets. This episode was recorded on Monday, March 10, 2025.
What are ETF flows telling us? In this episode, ETF Strategist Bipan Rai, and your host, Erika Toth, pour over the latest industry data and provide detailed insights on how to navigate choppy markets. Erika Toth is a Director of Institutional and Advisory for Eastern Canada at BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM). She is joined on the podcast by Bipan Rai, Head of ETF Strategy, BMO GAM. The episode was recorded live on Thursday, March 6, 2025.