Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
KNOWLEDGE EXPECTED OF: QAFP® Professionals
Highest Knowledge Level: Evaluation
Knowledge Levels and Associated Verbs
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Awareness
The state of being aware that something exists / to have familiarity with a particular activity or subject
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Understanding
To comprehend the general relationship of particulars / to have an expertise with how something works
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Application
Ability to put information to use / to use knowledge for relevant, practical purposes
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Evaluation
To judge or conclude by utilizing data / a systematic determination of something’s worth or significance
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Define
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Identify
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Explain
To make clear the meaning of / to describe something in more detail or reveal relevant facts or ideas related to it
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Determine
To ascertain / to come to a decision, such as by investigation or reasoning
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Compare
To note the similarities and differences between two or more things
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Estimate
To determine an approximate value for
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Calculate
To find the value using mathematics
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Convert
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Evaluate
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Interpret
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Hold cursor over or click on each term to read its definition.
- Define an exchange traded fund.
- Identify the purpose for which an exchange traded fund may be used.
- Identify that exchange traded funds require a securities license for an individual to act in furtherance of a trade.
- Identify that exchange traded funds must be approved by the securities administrator of the province/territory in which they are traded.
- Determine how each of these factors may impact the suitability of an exchange traded fund:
- Time horizon
- Volatility
- Risk tolerance
- Investment objective
- Financial situation
- Personal situation
- Income
- Liquidity
- Control
- Tax impact
- Investment management process
- Economic cycle
- Cost
- Historical performance
- Performance expectations
- Evaluate how each of the factors may impact the suitability of an exchange traded fund.
- Explain for whom an exchange traded fund may be suitable.
- Identify that exchange traded funds are generally structured as a trust.
- Identify that exchange traded funds are offered via prospectus, on a stock exchange.
- Explain fees associated with exchange-traded funds, such as:
- Management fee
- Management expense ratio
- Trading Expense Ratio
- Commissions
- Explain types of exchange traded funds, such as:
- Country-based
- Index-based
- Sector-based
- Commodity-based
- Inverse-based
- Leveraged-based
- Actively managed
- Explain types of exchange traded funds structures, such as:
- Equal-weighted
- Market-weighted
- Factor-based
- Define the Net Asset Value Per Share (NAVPS) for an exchange traded fund.
- Explain how an exchange traded fund trades close to its Net Asset Value Per Share (NAVPS).
- Explain types of income that may be distributed by an exchange traded fund, such as:
- Interest
- Dividends
- Capital gains
- Explain the preservation of character that exists when income received by an exchange traded fund is distributed to unitholders of the exchange traded fund.
- Explain the impact of a distribution from an exchange traded fund on the net asset value per share (NAVPS).
- Explain the impact of reinvested distributions from an exchange traded fund on adjusted cost basis.
- Explain that the return of an exchange traded fund may be presented gross of fees before expenses have been deducted.
KNOWLEDGE EXPECTED OF: CFP® Professionals
Highest Knowledge Level: Evaluation
Knowledge Levels and Associated Verbs
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Awareness
The state of being aware that something exists / to have familiarity with a particular activity or subject
|
Understanding
To comprehend the general relationship of particulars / to have an expertise with how something works
|
Application
Ability to put information to use / to use knowledge for relevant, practical purposes
|
Evaluation
To judge or conclude by utilizing data / a systematic determination of something’s worth or significance
|
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|
Define
To state exactly the meaning of
|
Identify
To be aware of / to recognize and correctly name / to locate an appropriate resource
|
Explain
To make clear the meaning of / to describe something in more detail or reveal relevant facts or ideas related to it
|
Determine
To ascertain / to come to a decision, such as by investigation or reasoning
|
Compare
To note the similarities and differences between two or more things
|
Estimate
To determine an approximate value for
|
Calculate
To find the value using mathematics
|
Convert
To change from one form or purpose to another
|
Evaluate
To reach a conclusion or make a through careful study
|
Interpret
To give the meaning of / to construe or understand / to translate orally
|
Hold cursor over or click on each term to read its definition.
- Define an exchange traded fund.
- Identify the purpose for which an exchange traded fund may be used.
- Identify that exchange traded funds require a securities license for an individual to act in furtherance of a trade.
- Identify that exchange traded funds must be approved by the securities administrator of the province/territory in which they are traded.
- Determine how each of these factors may impact the suitability of an exchange traded fund:
- Time horizon
- Volatility
- Risk tolerance
- Investment objective
- Financial situation
- Personal situation
- Income
- Liquidity
- Control
- Tax impact
- Investment management process
- Economic cycle
- Cost
- Historical performance
- Performance expectations
- Evaluate how each of the factors may impact the suitability of an exchange traded fund.
- Explain for whom an exchange traded fund may be suitable.
- Identify that exchange traded funds are generally structured as a trust.
- Identify that exchange traded funds are offered via prospectus, on a stock exchange.
- Explain fees associated with exchange-traded funds, such as:
- Management fee
- Management expense ratio
- Trading Expense Ratio
- Commissions
- Explain types of exchange traded funds, such as:
- Country-based
- Index-based
- Sector-based
- Commodity-based
- Inverse-based
- Leveraged-based
- Actively managed
- Explain types of exchange traded funds structures, such as:
- Equal-weighted
- Market-weighted
- Factor-based
- Define the Net Asset Value Per Share (NAVPS) for an exchange traded fund.
- Explain how an exchange traded fund trades close to its Net Asset Value Per Share (NAVPS).
- Explain types of income that may be distributed by an exchange traded fund, such as:
- Interest
- Dividends
- Capital gains
- Explain the preservation of character that exists when income received by an exchange traded fund is distributed to unitholders of the exchange traded fund.
- Explain the impact of a distribution from an exchange traded fund on the net asset value per share (NAVPS).
- Explain the impact of reinvested distributions from an exchange traded fund on adjusted cost basis.
- Explain that the return of an exchange traded fund may be presented gross of fees before expenses have been deducted.
Additional Knowledge Expected of CFP Professionals
- Interpret the Net Asset Value Per Share (NAVPS) for an exchange traded fund.
- Interpret the return for an exchange traded fund.
- Explain the tax impact (based on asset location) of an exchange traded fund.
- When distributions are received due to trading activity in the pool of investments
- Upon disposition of the exchange traded fund
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