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RBC iShares
A North American equity index fund: 58 stocks, 61% Canada, unhedged, for 0.55% a year.
Funds of this type differ on a small set of facts. Where this fund sits on each:
Materials sector exposure. 84.0% of the portfolio is in Materials, so results largely reflected that part of the market. It tracks the S&P/TSX Energy Transition Materials Index.
Top holding: Teck Resources Subordinate Voting 9.5% (broad) · Top sector: Materials 84.0% (single-sector) · Top region: Canada 60.8% (region-tilted)
Materials 84.0%·Energy 15.9%
Canada 60.8%·United States 32.5%·Latin America and Caribbean 6.1%
Source: fund provider disclosure.
The management fee was 0.55% a year, or about $55 for every $10,000 held. Trading spreads are separate from this fee. This is the management fee as published by the provider; the total expense ratio can be slightly higher once fund operating costs are added.
Mostly eligible Canadian dividends
The full distribution tax character across 3 years, plus what you keep after tax in a TFSA, RRSP, or non-registered account, is on the Real Yield report card.
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How durable the fund is, and what moved its price.
| Assets | $102M· net assets |
| Listed | 2023· 2 years of history |
| Leverage / overlay | None |
What moved the price
| Ticker | XETM.TO |
| Exchange | TSX |
| Currency | CAD |
| FX strategy | CAD-unhedged |
| Asset class | Equity |
| Structure | Physical (holds securities) |
| Theme | Critical Minerals |
| Index tracked | S&P/TSX Energy Transition Materials Index |
| Provider | RBC iShares |
| Mgmt fee | 0.55% |
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Prices as of last close · tax character year 2025.
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