For example, if you have 500 shares of VTI in a Vanguard account, are you taxed capital gains only when you withdraw it? Are you taxed annually? Are you taxed on shares that are sold and bought within the ETF? So, quarterly? I'm trying to understand, but it seems to me that you'...
An example is usually the easiest way of explaining what I mean. Let’s take the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (symbol: VTI). This ETF essentially seeks to track the performance of the overall stock market. So when you buy this ETF, your return will essentially match the return on the...
We’ve just had Vanguard move into Canada. The equivalent to VTI is VUS, for those of us who don’t wish to move money into US$ (Norbert’s Gambit helps with the conversion costs if you do). VUS is currency hedged which will add a little drag, but the 0.17% MER is not too b...