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Darim Abdullah

Darim Abdullah

Darim Abdullah, CFA, is Director of ETFs and Portfolio Consulting at BMO Global Asset Management in Toronto.

Sep 8, 2026

8:22
Can we talk about that a little bit further?
8:25
Yeah, absolutely.
8:26
I think this is a solution that can be utilized to complement and broaden the U.S. equity exposure to address the very issues that we are discussing earlier.
8:34
And when it comes to the mechanics, they're really straightforward and simple.
8:37
But I think the impact on the portfolio exposure, especially when it comes to the U.S. equity asset class, can be quite meaningful.
8:44
So we chatted earlier that the broad U.S. equity market indices tend to be market cap weighted.
8:49
ZDQL takes a different approach.
11:55
Where does ZEQL fit in from a portfolio perspective? What are the different ways that investors should really think about using this in their portfolio?
11:50
Can we talk about that a little bit further?
11:53
Yeah, absolutely.
11:54
I think this is a solution that can be utilized to complement and broaden the U.S. equity exposure to address the very issues that we are discussing earlier.
12:02
And when it comes to the mechanics, they're really straightforward and simple.
12:05
But I think the impact on the portfolio exposure, especially when it comes to the U.S. equity asset class, can be quite meaningful.
12:12
So we chatted earlier that the broad U.S. equity market indices tend to be market cap weighted.
12:17
ZDQL takes a different approach.
15:23
Where does ZEQL fit in from a portfolio perspective? What are the different ways that investors should really think about using this in their portfolio?

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