What are we looking for?
Canadian-listed actively managed ETFs in less common, or tougher to manage, fund categories.
The screen
For DIY investors, investing in a basket of stocks is typically ground zero. Long-only positions in large-cap publicly traded companies offer the transparency and liquidity for motivated investors to proceed with relative confidence. Passive and all-in-one ETFs (the latter being those that invest in a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds) have also made it exceptionally easy for the everyday investor to gain broad exposure to a diversified portfolio that, if held long enough, is likely to result in reasonable returns over time.
That said, there are areas of the portfolio that may require a bit more skill and know-how to manage effectively should an investor wish to gain exposure. Individual bonds, for example, have a less transparent market and require…
