
THE HORIZONS ETFs FAMILY
EQUITIES, CURRENCY AND COMMODITY ETFs
Equities
HEW - Horizons S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight Index ETF
HJE - Horizons GMP® Junior Oil and Gas Index™ ETF
HXS - Horizons S&P 500® Index ETF
HXT, HXT.U - Horizons S&P/TSX 60™ Index ETF
Currencies
DLR, DLR.U - Horizons U.S. Dollar Currency ETF
ASD - Horizons Australian Dollar Currency ETF
Commodities
HUK - Horizons COMEX® Copper ETF
HUG - Horizons COMEX® Gold ETF
HUZ - Horizons COMEX® Silver ETF
HUC - Horizons Winter-Term NYMEX® Crude Oil ETF
HUN - Horizons Winter-Term NYMEX® Natural Gas ETF
Fixed Income
HAF, HAF.A - Horizons Tactical Bond ETF
HAP, HAP.A - Horizons Income Plus ETF
HAB, HAB.A - Horizons Corporate Bond ETF
HFR, HFR.A - Horizons Floating Rate Bond ETF
HUF.U, HUF.V - Horizons U.S. Floating Rate Bond ETF
HYI, HYI.A - Horizons High Yield Bond ETF
Balanced
HAA, HAA.A - Horizons Balanced ETF
Specialty
HAC, HAC.A - Horizons Seasonal Rotation ETF
HAG, HAG.A - Horizons Gartman ETF
HAH, HAH.A - Horizons S&P/TSX 60 130/30™ Index ETF
HMF, HMF.A - Horizons Auspice Managed Futures Index ETF
HHF, HHF.A - Horizons Morningstar Hedge Fund Index ETF
Equities
HAV, HAV.A - Horizons North American Value ETF
HAW, HAW.A - Horizons North American Growth ETF
HAL, HAL.A - Horizons Dividend ETF
HAZ, HAZ.A - Horizons Global Dividend ETF
HPR, HPR.A - Horizons Preferred Share ETF
Covered Call
HEA.U, HEA.V - Horizons Enhanced Income U.S. Equity (USD) ETF
HEJ, HEJ.A - Horizons Enhanced Income International Equity ETF
HEF, HEF.A - Horizons Enhanced Income Financials ETF
HEE, HEE.A - Horizons Enhanced Income Energy ETF
HEP, HEP.A - Horizons Enhanced Income Gold Producers ETF
HEX, HEX.A - Horizons Enhanced Income Equity ETF
HES.UN - Horizons Enhanced U.S. Equity Income Fund *
HNY, HNY.A - Horizons Natural Gas Yield ETF
HOY, HOY.A - Horizons Crude Oil Yield ETF
HZY, HZY.A - Horizons Silver Yield ETF
HGY, HGY.A - Horizons Gold Yield ETF
LEVERAGED, INVERSE, SPREADS AND VOLATILITY ETFs
LEVERAGED, INVERSE, SPREADS AND VOLATILITY ETFs
Leveraged (Fixed Income/Currencies)
HDU, HDD - BetaPro U.S. Dollar Bull+ & Bear+ ETF
HTU, HTD - BetaPro U.S. 30-Year Bond Bull+ & Bear+ ETF
Volatility
HUV - BetaPro S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™ ETF
Volatility (Leveraged)
HVU - BetaPro S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™ Bull+ ETF
Volatility (Inverse)
HVI - BetaPro S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™ Inverse ETF
Leveraged (Commodities)
HKU, HKD - BetaPro COMEX® Copper Bull+ & Bear+ ETF
HBU, HBD - BetaPro COMEX® Gold Bullion Bull+ & Bear+ ETF
HZU, HZD - BetaPro COMEX® Silver Bull+ & Bear+ ETF
HOU, HOD - BetaPro NYMEX® Crude Oil Bull+ & Bear+ ETF
HNU, HND - BetaPro NYMEX® Natural Gas Bull+ & Bear+ ETF
Inverse (Equities, Commodities)
HIX - BetaPro S&P/TSX 60™ Inverse ETF
HIF - BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Financials™ Inverse ETF
HIE - BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Energy™ Inverse ETF
HIG - BetaPro S&P/TSX Global Gold™ Inverse ETF
HIU - BetaPro S&P 500® Inverse ETF
HIO - BetaPro NYMEX® Crude Oil Inverse ETF
HIN - BetaPro NYMEX® Natural Gas Inverse ETF
HIB - BetaPro COMEX® Gold Inverse ETF
HIZ - BetaPro COMEX® Silver Inverse ETF
Commodity Spreads (Leveraged)
HBZ - BetaPro COMEX® Long Gold / Short Silver Spread ETF
HZB - BetaPro COMEX® Long Silver / Short Gold Spread ETF
HON - BetaPro NYMEX® Long Crude Oil / Short Natural Gas Spread ETF
HNO - BetaPro NYMEX® Long Natural Gas / Short Crude Oil Spread ETF
* HES.UN currently trades as a closed-end funds on the TSX. It is expected to convert into an actively managed ETF no later than November 30, 2012.
Today I'm looking...
Today I'm looking to get started in ETF investing
ETFs trade on a stock exchange, so you would buy an ETF (like you would a stock) on a stock exchange through a broker such as TD Waterhouse, QTrade, QuestTrade, Investor's Edge, Scotia iTrade, BMO Investorline, RBC Direct Investing, Interactive Brokers, Credential Direct, National Bank, Disnat, HSBC Invest Direct, Virtual Brokers or any full service broker.
Exchange Traded Funds are investments that can track an index (i.e. S&P/TSX 60™ Index), commodity, or currency. They can also offer active management like a mutual fund.
ETFs trade like a stock on a stock exchange so their price fluctuates throughout the day and can be bought or sold throughout the trading day making them very liquid.
If you have less than $15,000 to invest, consider a TFSA account as most brokerages waive the annual fee on TFSA accounts. And be sure to look into a PACC (Pre authorized cash contribution) so that you can add to your ETF commission free. Please note that not all ETFs are eligible for a PACC.
Here are some Horizons ETFs you may want to consider if you are a first-time buyer:
Today I'm looking to track an index
Index-tracking is often referred to as passive investing because the ETF tracks a specific benchmark, such as the S&P/TSX 60™ Index. Unlike actively managed ETFs, passive ETFs are not managed by a portfolio manager on a daily basis.
For low cost index-tracking ETFs, you may consider:
For enhanced indexing, you may consider:
Today I'm looking for income
Investment income is the cash distributions generated by your savings or investment.
We all know that income is taxed by the government. It's important to pay attention to the type of income you receive. For example, interest income is taxed at the highest marginal tax rate but capital gains and or dividends are more tax advantageous.
For income generating investments from Horizons Exchange Traded Funds, you may consider:
* HGY.UN and HES.UN currently trade as closed-end funds on the TSX. They are expected to convert into actively managed ETFs no later than July 31, 2012 and November 30, 2012, respectively.
Today I'm looking for low-cost solutions
Horizons is committed to offering Canadian investors low cost investment solutions which is why we are home to the lowest cost ETF in Canada, the Horizons S&P/TSX 60™ Index ETF (HXT:TSX). For every $1000 invested in HXT, the annual management fee is only $0.70 plus applicable sales taxes. This ETF is less than half the cost of its nearest competitor.
For low cost index-tracking ETFs, you may consider:
Buying foreign currency with high conversion costs is now a thing of the past. For low cost currency-tracking ETFs, you may consider:
Today I'm looking for tax efficiency
Tax Efficiency is simply an attempt to minimize or potentially defer tax liability (a.k.a. the taxes you will owe the government).
If an investment pays a distribution regardless of the frequency, interest income will be less tax efficient than dividends or capital gains.
If you are looking to avoid distributions altogether, you may want to concider the type of investment (i.e. ETF, mutual fund, stock, GIC) and the structure (i.e. index replication using stocks, swap structure) as they play a role in the tax-efficiency of the investment.
Horizons Exchange Traded Funds with no distributions you may consider:
Horizons Exchange Traded Funds with tax-efficient distributions you may concider:
* HGY.UN and HES.UN currently trade as closed-end funds on the TSX. They are expected to convert into actively managed ETFs no later than July 31, 2012 and November 30, 2012, respectively.
Today I'm looking for capital preservation
Capital preservation is defined as preventing any loss of your investment value.
There are a variety of investments to choose from that are geared towards capital preservation, like guaranteed savings products or bonds. Keep in mind, when the goal is to preserve capital and depending on the product, you may sacrifice some of the growth potential.
The Horizons Exchange Traded Funds you may want to consider when the goal is capital preservation:
You may also consider our currency ETFs:
Today I'm looking to hedge an investment
To hedge an investment is to make an investment that would offset the risk of adverse price movements in an asset. Normally, a hedge consists of taking an offsetting position in a related security, such as a futures contract.
If you are looking to hedge a position, you may consider the following ETFs.
Today I'm looking to reduce volatility
Risk is essentially the chance that an investment's actual return will be different than expected. One measure of risk is the standard deviation of a specific investment. A high standard deviation indicates a high degree of risk.
As an investor, consider the amount of risk that you are willing to assume in order to gain greater potential returns. The idea here is be compensated for taking on additional risk.
To reduce volatility in your portfolio, the Horizons ETFs you may want to consider are:
* HGY.UN and HES.UN currently trade as closed-end funds on the TSX. They are expected to convert into actively managed ETFs no later than July 31, 2012 and November 30, 2012, respectively.
Today I'm looking for active management
Active management refers to the human element (like a portfolio manager or team of portfolio managers) who actively manage a fund's portfolio. Active managers typically rely on analytical research and forecasts, and use their own judgment and experience to make investment decisions on what securities to buy, hold or sell.
Horizons ETFs offers the largest family of actively managed ETFs in Canada. And, all of our actively managed ETFs have low management fees. Click here to compare the fees of our actively managed ETFs versus mutual funds.
Additional information on Active ETFs
This one-pager answers the who, what, and why questions investors may have on Active ETFs.
Below are the categories of active ETFs we offer and videos from our portfolio managers for you to get better acquainted with our products.
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* HGY.UN and HES.UN currently trade as closed-end funds on the TSX. They are expected to convert into actively managed ETFs no later than July 31, 2012 and November 30, 2012, respectively.
Today I'm looking for inflation protection
Inflation is simply the rate at which the price for goods and services goes up. As a result of the rising price of goods and services, the purchasing power of every dollar goes down. It is the function of the central banks to keep excessive price growth to a minimum and one of the more effective ways they do this is by increasing or decreasing interest rates.
Historically, commodities and floating-rate investments tend to fare the best when inflation trends higher.
If inflation protection is your goal, you may consider:
* HGY.UN currently trades as a closed-end fund on the TSX. It expected to convert into an actively managed ETFs no later than July 31, 2012.
Today I'm looking to trade ETFs successfully
Here are the three key recommendations for the trading of ETFs.
1. Always use a limit order
An ETF's fair value or net asset value (NAV) is tracked throughout the day by a market maker. The market maker's function is to ensure that the bid and ask prices for the ETF constantly tracks closely to the NAV throughout the trading day so that buy and sell orders can be executed efficiently regardless of trading volume. However, the market making system is automated and sometimes can experience interruptions where the market maker is not "in" the market to ensure efficient pricing. When this happens, the market makers bid and ask prices disappear and the prevailing bid and ask prices at that time are those of other market participants that may not be closely tracking the current NAV. By using a limit order, you can specify the price for buying or selling units/shares and limit the length of time the order is valid before being cancelled.
TIP - consult the ETF providers website to determine the previous day's closing NAV on the ETF you are interested in. This will provide you with a good benchmark as to where the ETF's NAV should be and where to put your limit order in at. If you have access to level 2 depth of market quotes, look for the bid and the offer where there is the most amount of "size" quoted and place your limit order there.
2. Avoid trading in the first and last 5 minutes of the trading day
An ETF is a convenient way to buy a diversified basket or portfolio of securities. The price of the ETF is simply the weighted average price of each of the underlying securities. However, when the market opens, it may take a few minutes for some of these underlying securities to begin trading and have their value reflected in the price of the ETF. At the end of the day, the market maker that keeps an ETF's value in line with it's NAV may be out of the market as it is executing it's own closing transactions.
3. Only execute ETF trades when the underlying market is open
This is particularly important when executing trades in an ETF that tracks a commodity or currency. Commodity and currency markets open and close at different times than North American equity markets which are open from 9:30am EST – 4:00pm EST. Because ETFs are listed on an equity exchange, it will trade during these times, even though the underlying commodity or currency market could be closed. In order to ensure that you are getting fair pricing to NAV, only buy and sell the ETF when the underlying market is open as that's when the market maker can ensure accurate pricing. Consult the ETF providers website for the times that the underlying commodity or currency market is open. This also applies to holidays when a Canadian market might be open and the US market might be closed.
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