In this episode of the Canadian Investor Podcast we discuss why the majority of mutual funds trail market returns. Braden then talks about Firstservice, Stantec and CGI in a segment about Canadian professional services businesses. Simon explains how covered call ETFs work and then compares the QQQ ETF to its covered call equivalent. We finish the episode with a discussion on transaction fees when buying a stock or ETF.
Tickers of stocks discussed:
QQQ, STN.TO, GIB-A.TO, SFTC.TO, QYLD

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