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Q: I am nearing retirement and planning to rebalance my taxable portfolio towards Canadian dividend stocks and ETFs, so that I can live off CPP and eligible dividends in retirement. What are your favorite Canadian ETFs where all distributions are treated as eligible dividends? You recommended CDZ many times, is it still your favorite?
Asked by Tim on November 20, 2024
5i Research Answer:

We like CDZ, but DGRC has outperformed it marginally over five years (9.73% vs 9.58%) and has lower fees as well. VDY is high dividend (as opposed to dividend growth) and has done even better (12.16%) but it is a bit different overall. It shows as having 0.50% US exposure today. 

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