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In today’s video, we’re taking a deep dive into the 2025 calendar-year performance of two of Canada’s most popular all-equity ETFs: the iShares

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XTOT: The Best U.S. Equity ETF?

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In 1997, George Lucas decided to “improve” the original Star Wars trilogy. He added new CGI creatures, tweaked the lighting, cleaned up the visuals — and, of course, changed who shot first. Technically, these were upgrades. But to many fans, it felt like Lucas had tinkered with something that was already perfect. And honestly, that’s a pretty good

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