iShares Core Income Balanced ETF Portfolio (XINC.TO)
About this ETF
The fund aims for income and long-term capital growth by holding a portfolio of iShares ETFs. These ETFs employ indexing strategies to provide exposure to broad-based global equity, and fixed income markets. Target allocation is approximately 20% equity and 80% fixed income. Although XGROs portfolio is not expected to deviate for more than a tenth of the target weights, the fund is permitted to change its long-term strategic asset allocation at the sole discretion of its fund manager/adviser, BlackRock Canada and/or BTC. In addition, XGRO also employs a currency hedging strategy within the non-Canadian fixed income asset class to hedge any exposure to USD or other foreign currencies back to the Canadian dollar. Portfolio rebalancing is also at the discretion…
Price
Top 10 holdings
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 2.75% 09/01/2030 (CAN) | 0.78% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 2.75% 03/01/2031 (CAN) | 0.78% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 3.25% 12/01/2035 (CAN) | 0.77% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 3.25% 06/01/2035 (CAN) | 0.72% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 3.25% 06/01/2036 (CAN) | 0.66% |
| NVIDIA CORP NVDA | 0.63% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 3.00% 06/01/2034 (CAN) | 0.62% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 2.75% 03/01/2030 (CAN) | 0.61% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 3.50% 12/01/2057 (CAN) | 0.61% |
| CANADA (GOVERNMENT OF) 3.50% 09/01/2029 (CAN) | 0.58% |
Sector mix
Price chart
Returns
| 1 month | -0.83% |
| 3 months | +1.37% |
| 6 months | +0.56% |
| Year to date | +1.61% |
| 1 year | +3.78% |
| 3 years (ann.) | +4.46% |
| 5 years (ann.) | +0.23% |
| 10 years (ann.) | — |
Risk profile
| Volatility (1y, ann.) | 5.39% |
| Sharpe (1y) | 0.71 |
| Sharpe (3y) | 0.75 |
| Sortino (1y) | 0.91 |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -4.25% |
| Max drawdown (5y) | -17.24% |
| Max drawdown (full) | -17.24% |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.26 |
| Correlation vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.62 |
Technical outlook as of 2026-07-13
The Monte Carlo cone is drawn on the price chart above (Forecast overlay); RSI, MACD and the rest of the oscillators live in its indicator panels.
Full holdings
| Constituent | ISIN | Market value | Weight |
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Sector breakdown
Geographic exposure
Cost vs. peers
Comparison universe: 256 funds of the same asset class.
Cost impact calculator
Dividend history
Distributing share class Income is paid out to shareholders.
| Ex-date | Payment | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | 2026-06-30 | CAD 0.1830 |
| 2026-03-26 | 2026-03-31 | CAD 0.1590 |
| 2025-12-30 | 2026-01-05 | CAD 0.2220 |
| 2025-09-24 | 2025-09-29 | CAD 0.1460 |
| 2025-06-25 | 2025-06-30 | CAD 0.1650 |
| 2025-03-26 | 2025-03-31 | CAD 0.1330 |
| 2024-12-30 | 2025-01-03 | CAD 0.1404 |
| 2024-09-24 | 2024-09-27 | CAD 0.1430 |
| 2024-06-25 | 2024-06-28 | CAD 0.1570 |
| 2024-03-22 | 2024-03-28 | CAD 0.1330 |
| 2023-12-28 | 2024-01-04 | CAD 0.1689 |
| 2023-09-25 | 2023-09-29 | CAD 0.1250 |
| 2023-06-26 | 2023-06-30 | CAD 0.1410 |
| 2023-03-22 | 2023-03-31 | CAD 0.1250 |
| 2022-12-29 | 2023-01-05 | CAD 0.1200 |
| 2022-09-23 | 2022-09-29 | CAD 0.1110 |
| 2022-06-24 | 2022-06-30 | CAD 0.1320 |
| 2022-03-25 | 2022-03-31 | CAD 0.1060 |
| 2021-12-30 | 2022-01-06 | CAD 0.0902 |
| 2021-09-24 | 2021-10-01 | CAD 0.0998 |
| 2021-06-24 | 2021-06-30 | CAD 0.1159 |
| 2021-03-25 | 2021-03-31 | CAD 0.1280 |
| 2020-12-30 | 2021-01-06 | CAD 0.1794 |
| 2020-09-24 | 2020-09-30 | CAD 0.1200 |
| 2020-06-24 | 2020-06-30 | CAD 0.1260 |
| 2020-03-25 | 2020-03-31 | CAD 0.0968 |
| 2019-12-30 | 2020-01-06 | CAD 0.1381 |
| 2019-09-24 | 2019-09-30 | CAD 0.0510 |
Splits
| 2021-12-30 | 992:1000 |
ESG profile
Benchmark: average of 66 funds of the same asset class with derived ESG data.
Similar ETFs
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Yield (TTM) | Return 1y | Sharpe 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio XEQT.TO | 0.20% | 14.36B | 1.60% | +25.31% | 1.89 |
| Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio VEQT.TO | 0.22% | 11.06B | 1.24% | +26.33% | 1.94 |
| FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF BUFR | 0.95% | 10.09B | — | +14.32% | 2.06 |
| Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio VGRO.TO | 0.22% | 7.42B | 1.75% | +20.49% | 1.87 |
| Capital Group Core Balanced ETF CGBL | 0.33% | 7.08B | 1.88% | +10.67% | 1.04 |
| Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF EVTR | 0.32% | 5.61B | 4.72% | -0.81% | -0.18 |
| iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF IALT | 0.99% | 5.00B | 0.40% | — | — |
| VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF EMLC | 0.30% | 4.80B | 6.27% | +0.79% | 0.14 |
| VanEck High Yield Muni ETF HYD | 0.32% | 4.51B | 4.32% | +2.55% | 0.65 |
| Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio VBAL.TO | 0.22% | 4.00B | 2.11% | +14.75% | 1.67 |
Cheaper alternatives
No fund of the class reaches 60% portfolio overlap — showing the cheapest funds of the class instead.
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| iShares LifePath Target Date 2065 ETF ITDI | 0.12% | 27.08M | 17.2% |
| iShares LifePath Target Date 2070 ETF ITDJ | 0.12% | 13.82M | 17.2% |
| iShares LifePath Target Date 2060 ETF ITDH | 0.12% | 38.10M | 17.2% |
| iShares LifePath Target Date 2055 ETF ITDG | 0.12% | 56.70M | 17.2% |
| iShares LifePath Target Date 2050 ETF ITDF | 0.11% | 84.03M | 17.0% |

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