ZLB - BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF

Last week, U.S. inflation numbers came in higher than expected, causing the S&P 500 to officially enter bear market territory. In today’s episode, portfolio managers Alfred Lee, Chris McHaney, and your host, Mark Raes, discuss potential catalysts for a stock market rebound, as well as bond yields, low-volatility strategies, fintech, and gold equities.

As market volatility persists and concerns about a recession grow, how will central banks respond? In today’s episode, Chris Heakes, Alfred Lee, and your host, Mark Raes, discuss ways for investors to manage these uncertainties, including covered call and low-volatility strategies. They also look at the bond market, widening yield spreads, and performance across the cap spectrum.

While geopolitical concerns between Russia and the Ukraine have dominated headlines, the main headwind for assets has been inflation and central bank efforts to tame its effects through the unwinding of many COVID-19-response policies.

After months of escalating tension, Russia launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine on Thursday, which sent markets into turmoil. As an illustration of the heightened unease, market indicators, such as the VIX Index and various credit spread indicators, remain elevated.

Protecting your portfolios is important – but so is capturing growth. When markets enter a volatile period, how should investors balance the risk-reward tradeoff? In this episode, Danielle Neziol and Chris Heakes discuss an innovative factor-based strategy known as Low Volatility that only invests in companies with low beta values. Listen in as our experts look under the hood of BMO’s custom suite of low volatility ETFs, and see which investment product is right for you.