| The popularity of exchange-traded funds has never been higher. The industry just passed the $100-billion mark in assets in Canada, and a recent poll conducted by the Journal of Financial Planning and the Financial Planning Association Research and Practice Institute indicated that ETFs were the most popular retirement product among advisers.
Eighty-three per cent of 283 advisers said they currently use or recommend ETFs to clients, while 80 per cent of advisers said the same about mutual funds. Moreover, 46 per cent said they plan to recommend ETFs more frequently over the next 12 months, compared to stocks and mutual funds, which came in at 23 and 21 per cent, respectively..............................................Full Article: Source
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