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About PURPOSE INTL DIVID FD TRUST UNITS ETF
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Inception date
Apr 22, 2015
Structure
Canadian Mutual Fund Trust (ON)
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Primary advisor
Purpose Investments, Inc.
The fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and monthly distributions to its stockholders by investing in an equally weighted portfolio of high quality, dividend-paying securities in international markets outside the US and Canada based on a fundamental research approach intended to create value and reduce risk over the investment period. The fund systematically selects companies that have attractive dividend yield and the ability to grow their businesses and dividends for shareholders in the future. Quality and financial risk screens are also used in order to minimize risk. The funds portfolio is broadly diversified by industry sector, such that each does not represent more than 20% of the NAV of the fund. The fund may use derivatives in order to further meet its investment objectives, and may also engage in short selling or other securities lending transactions to generate additional income. Portfolio holdings are reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Health Technology
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
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Oscillators
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Moving Averages
Neutral
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Moving Averages
Neutral
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
PID trades at 26.69 CAD today, its price has risen 0.87% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on PID price chart.
PID net asset value is 26.50 today — it's risen 2.23% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
PID assets under management is 98.65 M CAD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
PID price has risen by 1.99% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 13.24% increase. See more dynamics on PID price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.23% over the last month, showed a 1.45% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 16.83% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.23% over the last month, showed a 1.45% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 16.83% in a year.
PID fund flows account for 16.75 M CAD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
PID invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
PID expense ratio is 0.79%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, PID isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
In some ways, ETFs are safe investments, but in a broader sense, they're not safer than any other asset, so it's crucial to analyze a fund before investing. But if your research gives a vague answer, you can always refer to technical analysis.
Today, PID technical analysis shows the buy rating and its 1-week rating is buy. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating PID shows the buy signal. See more of PID technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Today, PID technical analysis shows the buy rating and its 1-week rating is buy. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating PID shows the buy signal. See more of PID technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Yes, PID pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.54%.
PID trades at a premium (0.16%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
PID shares are issued by Purpose Unlimited
PID follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Apr 22, 2015.
The fund's management style is active, aiming to outperform its benchmark index by actively selecting and adjusting assets. The goal is to achieve returns that exceed those of the index the fund tracks.