E261 – Fixed Income Insights and Inflation

BMO ETFs: Views from the Desk

Will inflation’s sudden spike push the Bank of Canada to press pause on rate cuts? In this episode, Bipan Rai, Matt Montemurro, and your host, Erika Toth, examine Canada’s latest CPI print. They also discuss the outcome of this week’s Fed meeting, the outlook for the REITs, and fixed income positioning for the months ahead.

The episode was recorded live on March 19, 2025.

ETFs:

• BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZCS)
• BMO High Quality Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZQB)
• BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (ZAG)
• BMO Short-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (ZTS)
• BMO Ultra Short-Term US Bond ETF (USD Units) (ZUS.U)
• BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZMU)
• BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZIC)
• BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF (ZRE)
• BMO Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF (ZPR)

ZPR, total returns as of 2025/02/28: 1 yr: 21.95%, 3yr: 5.51%, 5 yr 9.45%, 10 yr: 3.89%, SI: 2.62%

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