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BMO Tactical Balanced ETF Fund Series A

Tactical Balanced

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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NAVPS
(11-14-2025)
$11.92
Change
-$0.05 (-0.39%)

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

Period
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BMO Tactical Balanced ETF Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 17, 2015): 3.76%

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 3.12% 9.33% 14.20% 15.72% 11.48% 13.89% 11.78% 4.98% 5.06% 4.41% 4.25% 4.17% 4.01% 3.52%
Benchmark 1.71% 6.86% 13.93% 12.08% 15.49% 18.78% 15.08% 7.46% 7.99% 7.83% 8.39% 7.39% 7.54% 7.46%
Category Average 0.89% 5.26% 10.67% 9.89% 11.14% 15.25% 10.72% 5.15% 7.13% 6.04% 6.24% 5.03% 5.24% 5.09%
Category Rank 11 / 317 39 / 317 79 / 316 22 / 312 148 / 312 215 / 308 113 / 306 181 / 301 251 / 291 228 / 284 232 / 268 194 / 253 192 / 239 142 / 166
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund -0.72% -2.96% 1.90% 0.15% -0.72% 0.02% 1.11% 2.99% 0.30% 2.37% 3.57% 3.12%
Benchmark 2.87% 0.17% 2.72% -0.03% -2.06% -2.19% 2.47% 2.53% 1.48% 1.44% 3.57% 1.71%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.13% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.96% (September 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - 0.50% 2.62% 0.41% 6.10% 3.08% 3.56% -5.56% 6.33% 4.78%
Benchmark 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69% 17.48%
Category Average 0.31% 5.78% 6.18% -5.55% 12.58% 5.65% 9.53% -9.83% 8.35% 11.73%
Quartile Ranking - 4 4 1 4 3 4 1 3 4
Category Rank - 162/ 178 223/ 239 22/ 253 261/ 269 173/ 289 261/ 291 37/ 305 218/ 306 280/ 308

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

6.33% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-5.56% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 48.91
US Equity 29.16
Foreign Government Bonds 16.52
Cash and Equivalents 3.76
Foreign Bonds - Funds 1.25
Other 0.40

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Exchange Traded Fund 34.64
Fixed Income 16.64
Technology 9.68
Energy 6.17
Financial Services 6.15
Other 26.72

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 49.64
Multi-National 24.14
Asia 15.61
Europe 7.77
Latin America 1.91
Other 0.93

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF (FRDM) 11.59
BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF U$(ZTL.U) 9.57
BMO MSCI EAFE Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZDM) 9.42
Invesco S&P 500 Eql Wght ETF (RSP) 8.93
BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZUE) 8.83
BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (ZEM) 7.54
iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) 6.97
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) 4.11
BMO Clean Energy Index ETF (ZCLN) 4.01
Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) 3.65

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: L. Average Credit Quality: H.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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BMO Tactical Balanced ETF Fund Series A

Median

Other - Tactical Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.43% 8.86% 7.00%
Beta 0.80% 0.78% 0.61%
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.46% 0.51% 0.41%
Sharpe 0.90% 0.30% 0.27%
Sortino 2.30% 0.39% 0.15%
Treynor 0.09% 0.03% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 96.01% 89.79% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 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 6.73% 8.43% 8.86% 7.00%
Beta 0.58% 0.80% 0.78% 0.61%
Alpha 0.03% 0.00% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.32% 0.46% 0.51% 0.41%
Sharpe 1.24% 0.90% 0.30% 0.27%
Sortino 2.32% 2.30% 0.39% 0.15%
Treynor 0.14% 0.09% 0.03% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 93.60% 96.01% 89.79% -

Fund Details

Start Date April 17, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $172

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70222
BMO738

Investment Objectives

This fund's objective is to provide long-term capital growth and preservation of capital by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of global equity and fixed income exchange traded funds. The fund's asset mix may be changed over time to reflect the portfolio manager's outlook for each asset class.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests primarily in equity and fixed income exchange traded funds; invests up to 100% of the fund’s assets in securities of underlying funds, including funds that are managed by us or one of our affiliates or associates and non-affiliated funds; considers asset class and sector investments based on fundamentals as well as economic and markets outlook.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Quintessence Wealth

  • Larry Berman
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

BMO Investments Inc.

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

BMO Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 1.79%
Management Fee 1.50%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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