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About ISHARES CORE BALANCED ETF PORTFOLIO UNITS
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Inception date
Jun 21, 2007
Structure
Canadian Mutual Fund Trust (ON)
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Primary advisor
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Ltd.
The fund aims for long-term capital growth and income by holding a portfolio of iShares ETFs. These ETFs generally employ indexing strategies to provide exposure to broad-based global equity, and fixed income markets. Target allocation is approximately 60% equity and 40% fixed income. Although XBALs portfolio is not expected to deviate for more than a tenth of the target weights, the fund is permitted to change its long-term strategic asset allocation at the sole discretion of its fund manager/adviser, BlackRock Canada and/or BTC. In addition, XBAL also employs a currency hedging strategy within the non-Canadian fixed income asset class to hedge any exposure to USD or other foreign currencies back to the Canadian dollar. Portfolio rebalancing is also at the discretion of the fund manager.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
ETF
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
ETF99.73%
Cash0.27%
Top 10 holdings
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
XBAL trades at 30.29 CAD today, its price has risen 0.02% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on XBAL price chart.
XBAL net asset value is 30.43 today — it's risen 5.00% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
XBAL assets under management is 1.98 B CAD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
XBAL price has risen by 5.66% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 6.73% increase. See more dynamics on XBAL price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 5.00% over the last month, showed a −0.31% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 10.42% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 5.00% over the last month, showed a −0.31% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 10.42% in a year.
XBAL fund flows account for 500.33 M CAD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
XBAL invests in funds. See more details in our Analysis section.
XBAL expense ratio is 0.20%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, XBAL isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
In some ways, ETFs are safe investments, but in a broader sense, they're not safer than any other asset, so it's crucial to analyze a fund before investing. But if your research gives a vague answer, you can always refer to technical analysis.
Today, XBAL technical analysis shows the buy rating and its 1-week rating is buy. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating XBAL shows the buy signal. See more of XBAL technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Today, XBAL technical analysis shows the buy rating and its 1-week rating is buy. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating XBAL shows the buy signal. See more of XBAL technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Yes, XBAL pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 2.76%.
XBAL trades at a premium (0.01%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
XBAL shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc.
XBAL follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Jun 21, 2007.
The fund's management style is active, aiming to outperform its benchmark index by actively selecting and adjusting assets. The goal is to achieve returns that exceed those of the index the fund tracks.