Friday’s ETF To Watch: iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund (EWC)

So far this year, commodity prices have been very kind to investors who have reaped the benefits of supply issues, weather, and political turmoil, pushing a variety of products to higher prices. This boom has been especially favorable to commodity-intensive economies around the world, be it Australia, Russia, or closer to home, Canada. America’s neighbor to the North is one of the biggest producers of a variety of products ranging from oil to wheat, and thanks to its relatively small population, the export dollars per capita have provided a huge boost to the country’s overall economy. Still, questions remain over how this boom in the agricultural and petroleum sectors can carry over into the jobs market in order to help the nation slash its unemployment rate. Fortunately, investors will get some insight on this problem later today when Canada releases its monthly unemployment report. In the report, Canada is expected [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: March ETF Stats: Another Solid Quarter Three Country ETFs That Could Benefit From Triple-Digit Oil ETFs For The Forgotten Asset Classes Friday’s ETF To Watch: Canada Fund (EWC) How Investors CAN Play The BRIC Through A Different Set Of Country ETFs