Description

The fund targets the most liquid stocks with attractive valuations. Securities of companies that are listed, incorporated, domiciled, and have their primary business in developed markets outside the US & Canada are scored and ranked based on five fundamental factors: 1) price to earnings ratio, 2) price to cash flow ratio, 3) price to book value, 4) price to sales ratio and 5) upward earnings estimate revisions. The fund also applies an additional liquidity screen and selects 200 equally-weighted securities. The index rebalances and reconstitutes quarterly. Overall, the funds international take on value may be a used as a core investment or as a complement to FXM and XXM which on the other hand focuses on Canadian and US value stocks, respectively. Prior to April 22, 2021, the fund name was CI First Asset Morningstar International Value Index ETF.