E90 – What’s Driving “Big Six” Bank Performance

BMO ETFs: Views from the Desk

Canadian banks continued to beat market expectations handily this quarter, reporting stronger than anticipated earnings on the back of robust trading and wealth management. The news proved especially timely given that BMO ETF recently lowered its management fee for Z-E-B, an Equal Weight Banks ETF, from 0.55% to 0.25%. In today’s episode, Chris Heakes and Matt Montemurro discuss the outperformance of the “Big Six,” as well as the fee reductions, rotation back to long duration, Delta variant, emerging markets and much more.

Read the episode summary.

Mark Raes is the Head of Product at BMO Global Asset Management. He is joined on the podcast by Chris Heakes and Matt Montemurro, both Portfolio Managers and ETF Specialists at BMO Global Asset Management. The episode was recorded live on August 25, 2021.

ETFs mentioned in the podcast:

• BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF (Ticker: ZEB)
• BMO Monthly Income ETF (Ticker: ZMI)
• BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (Ticker: ZAG)
• BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF (Ticker: ZFL)
• BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (Ticker: ZTL)
• BMO Short-Term US TIPS Index ETF (Ticker: ZTIP)
• BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (Ticker: ZEM)

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• Benefits of ZEB – August 23, 2021

Disclosures:

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