I am going to take a short break from posting here on my blog. Not sure for how long but as you’ve likely seen lately, I haven’t been posting that often anyway (less than ten entries per calendar month). It could be a few weeks, could be longer or shorter, we’ll see. Until then, I leave you with the underlying positions and percentage breakdowns in the new offerings from Claymore Investments here in Canada for their two new offerings:

Claymore Global Balanced Income ETF

Claymore CDN Dividend and Income Achievers ETF (CDZ) 27.07%

iShares CDN Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index Fund (XDV) 12.93%

Claymore Canadian Fundamental Index (CRQ) 3.75%

Claymore Oil Sands ETF (CLO) 1.25%

Claymore US Fundamental ETF - C$ Hedged (CLU) 2.50%

iShares CDN S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index Fund (XRE) 10.00%

Claymore International Fundamental Index ETF (CIE) 0.96%

Claymore Japan Fundamental Index ETF - C$ Hedged (CJP) 0.83%

Claymore BRIC ETF (CBQ) 0.71%

iShares CDN Scotia Capital All Corporate Bond Index Fund (XGB) 5.04%

iShares CDN Scotia Capital All Government Bond Index Fund (XCB) 4.96%

Claymore S&P/TSX CDN Preferred Share ETF (CPD) 10.00%

iShares CDN Scotia Capital Short Term Bond Index Fund (XSB) 20.00%

Claymore Global Balanced Growth ETF

Claymore CDN Dividend and Income Achievers ETF (CDZ) 4.70%

iShares CDN Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index Fund (XDV) 2.80%

Claymore Canadian Fundamental Index (CRQ) 11.03%

Claymore Oil Sands ETF (CLO) 3.97%

Claymore US Fundamental ETF - C$ Hedged (CLU) 20.00%

iShares CDN S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index Fund (XRE) 10.00%

Claymore International Fundamental Index ETF (CIE) 8.71%

Claymore Japan Fundamental Index ETF - C$ Hedged (CJP) 7.49%

Claymore BRIC ETF (CBQ) 3.80%

iShares CDN Scotia Capital All Corporate Bond Index Fund (XCB) 5.11%

iShares CDN Scotia Capital All Government Bond Index Fund (XGB) 4.89%

Claymore S&P/TSX CDN Preferred Share ETF (CPD) 10.00%

iShares CDN Scotia Capital Short Term Bond Index Fund (XSB) 7.50%

More information from Claymore on these two funds can be found in this guide.