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BMO Conservative ETF (ZCON : TSX)

Global Fixed Inc Balanced

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FundGrade A

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2023, 2022

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Close
(04-08-2025)
$33.58
Change
-$0.25 (-0.74%)
Open $34.07
Day Range $33.52 - $34.13
Volume 8,447

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

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BMO Conservative ETF

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (February 15, 2019): 5.47%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -1.57% 1.13% 2.23% 1.13% 9.22% 9.10% 5.36% 4.23% 6.33% 5.15% - - - -
Benchmark -0.65% 1.90% 3.85% 1.90% 10.55% 8.08% 5.21% 2.74% 2.53% 3.30% 3.45% 3.67% 3.85% 3.94%
Category Average -1.14% 1.37% 1.37% 1.13% 7.15% 6.90% 3.38% 2.51% 4.98% 3.46% 3.38% 3.28% 3.60% 3.03%
Category Rank 792 / 983 471 / 981 327 / 967 471 / 981 160 / 961 70 / 909 100 / 899 102 / 821 79 / 769 50 / 738 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -2.11% 2.41% 1.11% 2.84% 0.47% 2.02% -0.70% 2.84% -1.01% 2.22% 0.52% -1.57%
Benchmark -1.39% 0.79% 1.45% 3.61% -0.15% 2.06% -0.11% 1.82% 0.19% 1.92% 0.64% -0.65%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.93% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-5.80% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - 9.76% 5.87% -11.36% 10.29% 11.38%
Benchmark 16.91% 0.39% 3.81% 5.53% 6.30% 9.09% -0.49% -11.13% 6.74% 11.56%
Category Average 1.21% 4.39% 5.49% -2.85% 9.97% 7.08% 4.51% -11.10% 7.71% 8.38%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - 1 1 3 1 1
Category Rank - - - - - 26/ 769 139/ 821 527/ 868 36/ 909 111/ 961

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

11.38% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.36% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Government Bonds 31.48
US Equity 19.72
International Equity 10.58
Canadian Corporate Bonds 10.16
Canadian Equity 9.62
Other 18.44

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 59.32
Technology 9.81
Financial Services 8.57
Consumer Services 3.28
Healthcare 3.03
Other 15.99

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.98
Europe 5.44
Asia 4.77
Latin America 0.54
Africa and Middle East 0.39
Other -0.12

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (ZAG) 42.16
BMO US Aggregate Bond Index ETF (Hdg) (ZUAG.F) 18.15
BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (ZSP) 18.05
BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (ZCN) 9.82
BMO MSCI EAFE Index ETF (ZEA) 6.67
BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (ZEM) 3.02
BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (ZMID) 1.04
CANADIAN DOLLAR 0.62
BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (ZSML) 0.47

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

BMO Conservative ETF

Median

Other - Global Fixed Inc Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.67% 7.96% -
Beta 1.16% 1.01% -
Alpha -0.01% 0.04% -
Rsquared 0.83% 0.66% -
Sharpe 0.20% 0.51% -
Sortino 0.46% 0.69% -
Treynor 0.01% 0.04% -
Tax Efficiency 79.98% 82.73% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 6.11% 8.67% 7.96% -
Beta 1.12% 1.16% 1.01% -
Alpha -0.02% -0.01% 0.04% -
Rsquared 0.78% 0.83% 0.66% -
Sharpe 0.84% 0.20% 0.51% -
Sortino 1.79% 0.46% 0.69% -
Treynor 0.05% 0.01% 0.04% -
Tax Efficiency 88.62% 79.98% 82.73% -

Fund Details

Start Date February 15, 2019
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $36.35
52 Week Low $31.64
Annual Dividend $0.88
Annual Yield -
Index -
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

Seeks to provide income and the potential for moderate long-term capital appreciation, primarily by investing in ETFs that provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of global equity and fixed income securities.

Investment Strategy

BMO Conservative ETF will employ a strategic asset allocation strategy and is expected to primarily invest in other BMO ETFs. The BMO ETF’s asset class weightings will be approximately 60% in fixed income securities and 40% in equity securities. As an alternative to or in conjunction with investing directly in ETFs, exposure may be obtained by investing directly in equity and fixed income securities, in mutual funds and/or in derivative instruments.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Sadiq S. Adatia, CFA
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.20%
Management Fee 0.18%

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