Even with the strong November, Canadian bank stocks are down ~15% peak-to-trough, reflecting the market’s concern of a possible global recession caused by central banks aggressively raising interest rates with the goal of taming inflation. At the same time, central bankers are also engaging in the relatively new policy of quantitative tightening (the effect of which cannot be quantified). The decline in Canadian bank share prices…
Insights: Hamilton ETFs
HDIV – Adding HFIN, Selling FLI to Increase Cdn Banks, Remove U.S. Lifecos, Significantly Reduce Fees
As investors in Hamilton Enhanced Multi-Sector Covered Call ETF (HDIV) and Hamilton Enhanced U.S. Covered Call ETF (HYLD, HYLD.U) know, we aim to create higher income ETF versions of the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P 500, respectively by investing in various covered call strategies. Today’s insight discusses the recent changes to HDIV’s portfolio, and why we believe they will help better achieve HDIV’s investment objective of providing…
HYLD – Adding JEPI, Selling HBF for Higher Yield, Added Diversification, Lower Fees
As investors in HDIV and HYLD know, we aim to create higher income ETF versions of the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P 500, respectively by investing in various covered call strategies. Today’s insight discusses the recent changes to HYLD’s portfolio, and why we believe they will help better achieve HYLD’s investment objective of providing attractive monthly income and the opportunity for long-term capital appreciation. Adding JPMorgan Equity…
Get More from Canadian Utilities with the Hamilton Enhanced Utilities ETF (HUTS)
Higher Monthly Income from Blue-Chip Canadian Utilities Companies Building off the success of the Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF (HCAL) – the top performing Canadian bank ETF since its inception[1] – we are pleased to announce the launch of the Hamilton Enhanced Utilities ETF, which will begin trading on the TSX under the ticker, “HUTS” on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. HUTS provides exposure to a portfolio…
Canadian Banks: Should Investors be (More) Worried? (fQ3 in Charts)
As the market has priced in a higher risk of a recession, Canadian bank stocks have declined ~20% in just 5 months, including a ~10% decline since the sector started reporting Q3 results in late August. The market is worried that central banks will cause a recession as they aggressively raise interest rates to tame inflation. Further complicating their job is that central banks are simultaneously…
Hamilton ETFs Launches Hamilton Enhanced Utilities ETF
TORONTO, September 2, 2022 – Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (“Hamilton ETFs“) is pleased to announce the launch of the Hamilton Enhanced Utilities ETF (“HUTS” or the “ETF”). HUTS has closed the offering of its initial Class E Units and units of the ETF will begin trading on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX“) under the ticker symbol “HUTS”. “HUTS, the newest addition…
Questions and Answers on HDIV and HYLD/HYLD.U
1. What types of investors should consider the Hamilton Enhanced Multi-Sector Covered Call ETF (HDIV) and the Hamilton Enhanced U.S. Covered Call ETF (HYLD and HYLD.U)? These two ETFs are designed for long-term investors seeking higher monthly income and sector diversification from Canadian equities (HDIV) and U.S. equity markets (HYLD and HYLD.U). These ETFs utilize modest 25% cash leverage to enhance yield and return potential. At…
Canadian Bank CEO Event with RBC & TD
On June 9, 2022, we hosted a panel discussion on the Canadian banks with Dave McKay and Bharat Masrani, CEOs of Royal Bank and TD Bank, respectively. During the panel discussion, the CEOs discussed their views on a variety of topics, including the current macro environment, domestic banking, housing, consumer debt, and their international platforms. Disclaimer: Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all…
Canadian Banks: TD Buys FHN – A Very Strong Fit
After much speculation in recent years about its appetite for additional U.S. bank M&A, TD offered ~US$13.4 bln in cash to buy First Horizon Corporation (FHN)[1], a Tennessee-based regional bank, in late February, almost 15 years since its last “large” U.S. bank acquisition – Commerce Bancorp. In our view, the acquisition offers many strategic benefits given FHN: (i) is an optimal size, adding material scale with…
Canadian Banks: 2022 starts with M&A; Recovery Continues (fQ1 in Charts)
2022 is off to a noteworthy start for the Canadian banks, with long-awaited M&A announcements and another strong earnings season. In December, we posted our outlook for the year, “Canadian Banks: Five Possible Drivers in 2022”, in which we stated that the cyclical recovery was not yet over. We identified five factors that we expected would influence bank share prices during 2022: (i) reserve releases, (ii)…
Hamilton ETFs Launches Hamilton Enhanced U.S. Covered Call ETF
TORONTO, February 7, 2022 – Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (“Hamilton ETFs“) is pleased to announce the launch of the Hamilton Enhanced U.S. Covered Call ETF (“HYLD“). HYLD seeks to replicate, to the extent reasonably possible and before the deduction of fees and expenses, a 1.25 times multiple of the Solactive U.S. Covered Call ETFs Index. HYLD has closed the offering of its initial CDN$ Hedged Units…
Canadian Banks: BMO’s High Risk, High(er) Reward Acquisition of BoW
Bank of Montreal recently announced the acquisition of BNP Paribas’ U.S. retail banking subsidiary, Bank of the West (BoW) for ~C$20 bln – the largest acquisition in Canadian banking history. The transaction is very different from prior acquisitions made by the Canadian banks and is further complicated by the fact that BoW is not publicly traded (wholly owned by BNP), so most Canadian investors have limited…