Q: Hello, I am turning 60 in January, while I still work, I would love to retire in a couple of years, would it be a reasonable portfolio to migrate my portfolio to a more income focused, covered call strategy portfolio, in general terms, I know you cannot get personal. I think the vast majority will be broad based ETFs with maybe 25% using leveraged based ETFs. From what I have seen, the BETA for these funds seems to be a lot less than there non covered call cousins.

Q: UMAX = covered call, UTES= covered call + 1,25% leverage. In a downtrend, UTES would probably go down around 25% more than umax (ex -10% vs -12,5%...) and ZUT.Since the markets are presently high +the economics, do you believe that there could be a significant probability of a downtrend in 2025 and in such case ,would it be safer to sell UTES for ZUT now (or another stock), in order to reduce the risk ?

Q: Hi,

I’m a real estate investor and I love monthly distributions—HMAX and UMAX felt a lot like collecting rent. However, after realizing a significant portion of their payouts is ROC, I’m exploring alternatives that offer high dividends, low ROC, DRIP eligibility, and potential capital appreciation.

My horizon is 20+ years. Could you suggest 2–3 ETF ideas in Financials and Utilities that fit this profile in the Canadian market ideally or global.

Thanks,